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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out","crawl_time":1775046221,"first_indexed_time":1748775345,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Trump Always Chickens Out - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nTrump Always Chickens Out\n(\nTACO\n) is a term that gained prominence in May 2025 after\nmany threats and reversals\nduring the\ntrade war\nUS president\nDonald Trump\ninitiated with\nhis administration\n's\n\"Liberation Day\" tariffs\n.\n[\n1\n]\nThe acronym is used to describe Trump's tendency to make tariff threats, only to later delay them as a way to increase time for negotiations and for\nmarkets\nto rebound.\n[\n1\n]\n[\n2\n]\nThe term is widely used on\nWall Street\n, where the\nTACO trade\ninvolves buying stocks cheaply after a tariff announcement pushes stocks lower, then selling them at a profit after the tariffs are delayed or reduced and the market rebounds.\nBy 2026, the term also came to be used to characterize some of Trump's decisions in the realm of\nforeign policy\n, specifically his reversal of threats to\nannex Greenland\n,\n[\n3\n]\n[\n4\n]\nand his attempt to find an abrupt exit for the escalating\n2026 Iran War\nas global securites began to fall due to the rise in oil prices.\n[\n5\n]\nBackground\nTrump's tendency to change his mind on policy positions had been described since his\nfirst presidential campaign\n.\n[\n6\n]\nBefore the emergence of the TACO acronym, observers used terms such as backtrack\n[\n7\n]\nand flip-flop.\n[\n8\n]\n[\n9\n]\n[\n10\n]\nWall Street traders called it the \"Trump\nput\n\" when, during his first term, he would change a policy if the markets reacted badly to it.\n[\n11\n]\n[\n12\n]\nThis tendency continued to be reported in the lead up to,\n[\n13\n]\nand during,\nTrump's second presidency\n,\n[\n14\n]\n[\n15\n]\nwith commentators noting specific issues including trade,\n[\n16\n]\n[\n17\n]\n[\n18\n]\n[\n19\n]\nimmigration,\n[\n20\n]\n[\n21\n]\nand international relationships.\n[\n22\n]\nOrigins\nThe term \"TACO trade\" was first used by\nFinancial Times\njournalist Robert Armstrong in a May 2, 2025\nopinion piece\nthat discussed tariffs and their effects on the\nUS markets\n.\n[\n23\n]\nIn the piece, part of a series titled \"Unhedged\", Armstrong said that markets were realizing that \"the US administration does not have a very high tolerance for market and economic pressure, and will be quick to back off when tariffs cause pain\". Armstrong called this \"the Taco theory: Trump Always Chickens Out\".\n[\n24\n]\n[\n25\n]\nExamples\nTariffs\nKatie Martin of the\nFinancial Times\ngave three examples of \"the Taco factor\" where Trump had reversed a decision in response to the market's reaction: Trump setting high \"\nLiberation Day tariffs\n\" and pausing them a week later, his calling for the termination of Federal Reserve chair\nJerome Powell\nbefore distancing himself from the idea, and the US committing to roll back tariffs against China during trade talks in May.\n[\n26\n]\nAnother example is when Trump would delay his 50% tariff proposal affecting\nEU\nimports to July 9, this would later cause European markets to\nrally\n.\n[\n27\n]\n[\n28\n]\nShannon Pettypiece\nof\nNBC News\ngave ten examples of Trump having \"threatened, then backtracked on, tariffs\" since taking office, saying that in her view Trump had threatened \"far more\" tariffs than he had imposed.\n[\n29\n]\nA Truth Social post from Donald Trump announcing a reversal of some tariffs against China, seen by analysts as Trump having \"chickened out\"\nOn June 11, 2025, Trump posted on\nTruth Social\nthat he had reached a deal in the\nUS's trade war with China\n.\n[\n30\n]\nABC News\nnoted that a Chinese spokesperson said it was a \"framework\" to consolidate the agreements reached in May, and that the talks represented the \"first meeting\". Secretary of Commerce\nHoward Lutnick\nreferred to the agreement as a \"handshake for a framework\".\n[\n31\n]\nThe Wall Street Journal\npublished an editorial criticizing the deal, calling it a \"truce that tilts in China's direction\" by appearing to be \"resetting their trade relationship to where it was a few months ago before a tit-for-tat escalation\".\n[\n32\n]\n[\n33\n]\nFareed Zakaria\nof\nThe Washington Post\nsaw the vague trade deal as an example of \"TACO\", except for \"one twist\", that Americans \"will still pay a tariff rate of 55 percent on goods from China (compared to China's 10 percent tariff on American goods)\".\n[\n34\n]\nOn July 8, 2025, Trump again announced a delay in implementing tariffs against 14 countries, pushing back the deadline for negotiations from July 9 to August 1.\n[\n35\n]\nBloomberg\nreported that Trump has softened his hardline tone on China to ensure a summit with\nGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party\nXi Jinping\n, aiming to push for a trade agreement between America and China.\n[\n36\n]\nForeign relations\nGideon Rachman\nof the\nFinancial Times\nwrote that \"Trump always chickens out on foreign policy too,\" citing a paper by\nJeremy Shapiro\nof the\nEuropean Council on Foreign Relations\nthat found that Trump had threatened the use of force against foreign adversaries on 22 occasions (as of early 2025), but actually did so on only two occasions.\n[\n37\n]\nFor example, during his first term, Trump threatened \"fire and fury\" against\nNorth Korea\nand threatened to wipe\nAfghanistan\n\"off the face of the earth\" within ten days; Trump followed through in neither case, instead entering failed negotiations with North Korea\nover its nuclear program\nand entering into an\nagreement for a US withdrawal from Afghanistan\nwithout any meaningful concessions from the\nTaliban\nin return.\n[\n37\n]\nThe term was widely used to describe Trump's 2025 reversal of his threats to\nannex Greenland\n.\n[\n3\n]\n[\n4\n]\n[\n38\n]\nFollowing the\n2026 Iran protests\n, after Trump threatened the Iranian leadership with military intervention,\n[\n39\n]\nTACO was used by commentators to describe Trump's actions when they did not materialize at the time.\n[\n40\n]\nAs the subsequent\n2026 Iran war\nbegan to impact global oil and securities markets, analysts assessed that Trump's attempt to TACO out of the conflict might not be feasible as Iran did not seem willing to compromise, showing the limits of threats followed by a U-turn.\n[\n5\n]\n[\n41\n]\n[\n42\n]\nThe\nEuropean Union\nhas been criticized for \"chickening out\" to the US on trade retaliations against it. (Trump meeting with\nUrsula von der Leyen\npictured.)\nA variant of \"TACO\" called \"\nEACO\n\" (Europe Always Chickens Out)\n[\n43\n]\n[\n44\n]\n> or \"\nEUCO\n\" has been applied to the\nEuropean Union\nas well during trade negotiations with the US since his global trade war.\n[\n45\n]\nCriticized as a process of\nappeasement\n, the EU avoided using its so-called \"anti-coercion mechanisms\" in retaliation for Trump's tariffs and instead attempted to negotiate a deal with the US with the tariffs applied. The EU's appeasement process stems from fears that Trump would withdraw military defense from Europe, especially in regard to the\nRusso-Ukrainian War\n.\n[\n46\n]\nAs a result, it repeatedly delayed counter-tariff packages meant to target specific imported goods from the US.\n[\n45\n]\n[\n44\n]\nThe United States has been noted to be able to exploit the EU's dependence on it, especially due to the internal divisions and lack of strategy from the EU.\n[\n43\n]\nOf note was that the EU officials previously refused to accept 10% tariffs on exported goods to the US. The EU later agreed to a trade deal in which most of its exported goods to the US would be subjected to 15% tariffs in exchange for no tariffs applied to US goods. Critics have argued that the EU under the\nEuropean Commission\npresident\nUrsula von der Leyen\nsurrendered to the US, with John O'Brien of\nIrish Examiner\narguing that it showed weakness and refused to accept short term pain for long term benefits.\n[\n45\n]\n[\n47\n]\nLionel Laurent of\nBloomberg News\ndescribed the uneven trade deal as a threat towards the EU's already weak economic growth and remarked that \"[m]aybe it isn't Trump who always chickens out.\"\n[\n48\n]\nReactions\nIn politics and economy\nDonald Trump was asked by Megan Cassella, a\nCNBC\nCorrespondent, what he thought about the term on May 28, 2025, during a swearing-in ceremony for the acting attorney general. He denied the behavior, saying \"it's called negotiation\". He called the question a \"nasty question\", adding \"I usually have the opposite problem. They say I am too tough\".\n[\n23\n]\n[\n49\n]\nAccording to\nCNN\n, Trump had not yet heard the term, and he first understood that Cassella was calling him a\nchicken\n.\n[\n50\n]\nLawrence O'Donnell\npointed out Trump's policies and actions that, in his opinion, will be reversed by the courts, but which, together with the reversals Trump himself has done, characterize him as an ineffective president since everybody is increasingly aware that he will back down, giving rise to the acronym TACO, while the\ntariff war\nkeeps hurting American businesses.\n[\n51\n]\nThe New York Times\nquoted analysts Salomon Fiedler of\nBerenberg Bank\n,\nPaul Donovan\nof\nUBS Wealth Management\n, and Chris Beauchamp of\nIG Group\n, saying that Trump's tariff threats don't last.\n[\n27\n]\nOn May 28, 2025, the\nUnited States Court of International Trade\n(CIT)\nruled\nthat Trump had overreached his authority under the\nInternational Emergency Economic Powers Act\n(IEEPA) and vacated all tariffs related to it. This prompted California Governor\nGavin Newsom\nto comment, \"It's raining tacos today.\"\n[\n52\n]\n[\n53\n]\nReuters\npublished a note about acronyms popular among investors four months into Trump's second term:\nYOLO\n, TACO, MEGA, MAGA (Make America Go Away), and FAFO. When reached for comment, White House spokesman Kush Desai said in an email, \"these asinine acronyms convey how unserious analysts have consistently beclowned themselves by mocking President Trump and his agenda that've already delivered multiple expectation-beating jobs and inflation reports, trillions in investment commitments, a historic UK trade agreement, and rising consumer confidence.\"\n[\n54\n]\nIn an interview with Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC on May 30, economist\nJustin Wolfers\ncoined additional acronyms about Trump's actions themed on Mexican food:\nBurrito\n– the \"Blatantly Unconstitutional Rewriting of the Rules of International Trade, Obviously\". He said that the correct response would be to invoke\nChurro\n– the \"Courts Have Ultimate Responsibility to Restore Order\".\n[\n55\n]\nDavid A. Graham, writing for\nThe Atlantic\n, recalled his own 2018 analysis of Trump's \"pattern of nearly always folding\" on international politics during his\nfirst term\n, pointing out that Wall Street is just \"catching on,\" and given that now Trump knows about the TACO trade expression it could mean that he may make bad choices and persist on them, causing the markets to tank.\n[\n56\n]\nIn an interview for\nReuters\n, in the context of Trump's May 30 announcement of\nincreased tariffs on steel and aluminum\n, Joachim Klement, head of strategy at the investment bank\nPanmure Liberum\nsaid, \"We think that, unfortunately, as the so-called TACO trade becomes more viral, it becomes more likely that Trump will stick to higher tariffs just to prove a point.\"\n[\n57\n]\n[\n58\n]\nNo Kings protester\nin Chicago holding a sign saying \"Trump Always Chickens Out\"\nOn June 3, 2025, a\nTuesday\n, the\nDemocratic National Committee\nparked a rented\ntaco truck\n, customized with images of Trump wearing a chicken costume, outside the\nRepublican National Committee\nheadquarters, and distributed free\ntacos\nto passers-by \"as an effective way to draw attention to Trump's tariff policies, which they described as \"playing games with working families' livelihoods.\"\n[\n59\n]\n[\n60\n]\nVice President\nJD Vance\ncriticized the opposition party as \"lame,\" to which the DNC answered calling him \"the cringiest VP in American history,\" and mentioning that the\nOne Big Beautiful Bill Act\nis likely to \"take away food from people.\"\n[\n61\n]\nZeeshan Aleem, writing for\nMSNBC\n, criticized Democrats using TACO as a political slogan because it is inexact, as Trump was (as of June 2025) maintaining both baseline and specific tariffs. Also, because \"Why on Earth would Democrats dare Trump to\nfollow through\non his most extreme tariff threats?\" Aleem quotes Robert Armstrong lamenting the impact of his creation: \"Let us state clearly, chickening out is good and something to be celebrated. Bad policy chickening out, hooray.\" Finally, because if the Democrats' message is that Trump is a threat to democracy, \"it's a bit odd to simultaneously argue that Trump is all talk and no action.\"\n[\n62\n]\nIn the media\nAn AI-generated image of Donald Trump dressed as a chicken and holding tacos\nAlmost immediately after Trump's response, the term started a trend of memes about Trump referencing the TACO acronym or the phrase directly. The memes often employed\ngenerative AI\nto produce artificial images and video of Trump in situations parodying the viral term.\n[\n63\n]\n[\n64\n]\nEditorial cartoons\nparodied Trump's reaction to the term, frequently utilizing\npuns\nand exaggerated caricatures of\nPutin\nand Trump.\n[\n65\n]\nThe term has been widely reported in the international press,\n[\n66\n]\n[\n67\n]\n[\n68\n]\nwith the phrase translated into Estonian (\nTrump lööb alati vedelaks\n),\n[\n69\n]\nFrench (\nTrump se dégonfle toujours\n),\n[\n70\n]\nGerman (\nTrump macht immer einen Rückzieher\n),\n[\n71\n]\nNorwegian (\nTrump trekker seg alltid\n),\n[\n72\n]\nSlovene (\nTrump se vedno ustraši\n),\n[\n73\n]\nSpanish (\nTrump siempre se acobarda\n),\n[\n74\n]\nBrazilian Portuguese (\nTrump sempre amarela\n),\n[\n75\n]\nand other languages.\nThe View\nhosts\nWhoopi Goldberg\n,\nJoy Behar\nand\nAna Navarro\npraised the TACO phrase on their show. Navarro's analysis and discussion of the nickname with other cohosts included why they suspected the name gained traction and what led to the name's popularity, stating \"For a nickname to be effective, there's got to be truth to it, which this has: His trade policy is all over the place [...] And it's got to get under the person's skin, which it clearly did\". Host\nSara Haines\nnoted Trump's common use of insulting\nnicknames for public figures he dislikes\n. Navarro also likened the trending nickname to \"karma\" for Trump's previous actions relating to Mexico in the beginning of his second term, including\nbanning\nthe\nAssociated Press\nfrom White House press events due to their refusal to refer to the\nGulf of Mexico as the \"Gulf of America\"\n.\n[\n76\n]\nSee also\nChina's final warning\n– A joke of similar vein in\nSoviet\nand now popular\nRussian\ndiscourse poking fun at incessant \"final\" threats which never come to fruition.\nFalse or misleading statements by Donald Trump\n– Information about other contexts in which Trump has set and broken deadlines, that have also influenced the TACO acronym.\nReferences\n^\na\nb\nBreuninger, Kevin (May 28, 2025).\n\"Trump says he's not 'chickening out' on trade: 'It's called negotiation'\n\"\n. CNBC.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 22, 2025\n. Retrieved\nMay 28,\n2025\n.\n^\nBigg, Matthew (May 29, 2025).\n\"Asked about 'TACO' and Tariffs, Trump Lashes Out at Reporter\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 12, 2025\n. Retrieved\nMay 29,\n2025\n.\n^\na\nb\n\"Trump's latest TACO moment puts his increasingly erratic temperament in the spotlight\"\n.\nCNN\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 22,\n2026\n.\n^\na\nb\n\"Trump's Greenland deal has some saying TACO again. What does it mean?\"\n.\nUSA Today\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 22,\n2026\n.\n^\na\nb\nCollinson, Stephen (March 24, 2026).\n\"Why Trump may not be able to TACO in Iran — even if he wants to\"\n.\nCNN News\n. Retrieved\nMarch 25,\n2026\n.\n^\nTimm, Jane C. (July 26, 2016).\n\"The 141 Stances Donald Trump Took During His White House Bid. To understand and track Trump's views, we've compiled a list of his past and present positions on issues since he announced his candidacy\"\n.\nNBC News\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 6, 2016\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\n[Updated November 28, 2016] President-Elect Donald Trump took 141 distinct stances on 23 major issues during his bid for the White House. [Subjects are:] Immigration. Young undocumented immigrants and children of illegal immigrants. Proposed Muslim ban. Visas for high-skilled workers. Border control and the refugee crisis. Defeating ISIS. Guns. 'First use' and nuclear arms. Minimum wage. Taxes. Climate change. National debt. Abortion. Whether President Obama was born in America. Voting for the Iraq War. 2011 intervention in Libya. Japan and nukes. Money in politics. Violating U.S. and international laws with regard to torture, terrorism. Ku Klux Klan and David Duke. The Iran nuclear deal. Health Care. Rigged election\/Political system. Accepting the outcome of the election.\n^\nBennet, John T. (April 8, 2019).\n\"Trump's double backtrack 'probably won't matter very much.' Teflon president not likely to pay any political price for health care, border retreats\"\n.\nRoll Call\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 21, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\nDonald Trump irked even his fellow Republicans last week with his health care and border closure pushes, only to back off both, capping one of the most turbulent weeks of his chaotic presidency. But it's unlikely to hinder his re-election fight.\n^\nDiamond, Jeremy (April 1, 2016).\n\"Abortion and 10 other Donald Trump flip-flops\"\n.\nCNN\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 8, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\n(...) But Trump's flip-flop on Wednesday was just the most recent one. Here are 10 examples: Nuclear proliferation. The Iraq War. Afghanistan War. Abortion. Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Torture. Immigration. Gun control. Muslim ban. Hillary Clinton.\n^\nTimm, Jane C. (November 19, 2016).\n\"Tracking President Trump's Flip-Flops. NBC News is tracking Trump's new policy pronouncements. Here are the issues that he's flip-flopped on\"\n.\nNBC News\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 21, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\n(...) Overall, Trump has taken 32 new stances on 13 different issues since his election. The president's shifting agenda has established him as one of the most unpredictable American leaders in modern history. (...) In order to better understand the president, we've tracked Trump's new policy pronouncements and flip flops on big issues from Election Day forward. FBI Director James Comey's Performance and Firing. Health Care. Immigration Reform, Enforcement. Entitlement Programs. LGBTQ Rights. NATO. Intervention in Syria. Special Interests in Government, \"Drain the Swamp.\" China. Low Interest Rates. Removing Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair. Export-Import Bank. Golfing While President.\n^\nCatanese, David (April 13, 2017).\n\"Donald Trump's 10 Flip-Flops. The president calls himself 'flexible' but these moves make Gumby look rigid\"\n.\nU.S. News & World Report\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\nFrom ordering the bombing of Syria to distancing himself from adviser Steve Bannon, to softening his rhetoric on China, Trump is on a record-setting pace for changing his mind. His penchant for sudden U-turns has become a defining characteristic of what's been a chaotic, improvisational White House.\n^\nPeck, Emily (May 29, 2025).\n\"Trump \"TACO\" trade: How a columnist's catchphrase caused an Oval Office scene\"\n.\nAxios\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 16, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJuly 21,\n2025\n.\n^\nBerkowitz, Ben (April 9, 2025).\n\"The \"Trump put\" wasn't dead, it was just resting\"\n.\nAxios\n.\n^\nAstor, Maggie; Levien, Simon J. (September 10, 2024).\n\"\n'Flip-Flop' or Evolution: Trump and Harris and Their Reversals on Issues\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on September 11, 2024\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\nAs former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in their debate Tuesday night, one likely area of contention will be their mutual accusations of flip-flopping — a charge that politicians have long deployed to portray their opponents as lacking principle.\nIt is true that both have changed some of their policy positions, as politicians often do — whether for political expediency or because their thinking has evolved with new information. But while Ms. Harris has moderated a number of progressive stances she took in the 2020 Democratic primary, Mr. Trump has reversed himself entirely, gone back and forth or avoided taking clear stands on a host of important issues.\n^\nNicholas, Peter (April 14, 2025).\n\"Chaos, confusion and reversals: The story of Trump's second term so far. President Donald Trump has moved quickly on his far-reaching agenda, but his administration has frequently changed both its messaging and its course\"\n.\nNBC News\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 21, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\nThe president is in a hurry. Executive orders, tariffs, mass firings — all are happening at a speed that has made it hard for the nation to keep up. And tough for Trump to carry out.\nThe chaotic start of his presidency has been characterized by a rash of reversals and retreats as he hastens to execute his agenda while his party controls both houses of Congress and his political capital is at its peak.\n^\nSmith-Schoenwalder, Cecelia (May 1, 2025).\n\"Full Speed, Then Reverse: Trump's Biggest U-Turns in His First 100 Days. From flip-flopping tariffs to federal layoffs among critical programs, here are the biggest reversals of Trump's second term so far\"\n.\nU.S. News & World Report\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 21, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\nPresident Donald Trump hit the ground running for his second term in the Oval Office, issuing a flurry of executive orders and policy shifts at breakneck speed.\nSome came so fast, in fact, they barely had time to take effect before being reversed.\n^\nMinsberg, Talya (March 13, 2025).\n\"A Timeline of Trump's On-Again, Off-Again Tariffs. President Trump's penchant for imposing and then suspending tariffs has shaken markets and confounded trading partners\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\n[Updated on June 4, 2025]\n^\nErb, Jordan (March 3, 2025).\n\"Trump's Tariff Flip-Flops Help Send Stocks Lower\"\n.\nBloomberg News\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on March 14, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\nOn Thursday, Donald Trump signed a few more executive orders. Among the scores he's churned out since taking office, these were unique, since they partially reversed orders from just two days ago.\nIt was the latest backpedal by the White House in the face of furious fallout both at home and abroad to his 25% sanctions against Canada and Mexico.\n^\nSalmon, Felix; Basu, Zachary (March 7, 2025).\n\"Trump's rug-pull presidency\"\n.\nAxios\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on April 16, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\nDonald Trump is building a reputation for himself as the flip-flopper in chief — the president who, after announcing a bold new policy today, is more than likely to reverse it tomorrow.\nWhy it matters: In a chaotic and unpredictable world, the federal government normally acts as a stabilizing force. Under Trump, it has become the primary driver of the chaos.\nThe big picture: Across-the-board tariffs on Mexico and Canada — two of America's three largest trading partners — have been on and then off and then on and then off. Colombia knows the feeling.\n^\nJones, Callum (May 10, 2025).\n\"Whiplash reversals mean Trump's erratic trade policy is as clear as mud. The specifics of the administration's economic masterplan – from strollers to movies to China – change by the day\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\nThe US president declared this week to be a key milestone of his second term, as he unveiled his first major trade deal since returning to office following accelerated talks with the UK.\nBut it came as Trump's position, on everything from tariffs on strollers and movies to whether his administration even wants to strike such global deals, appeared to shift by the hour.\nFirms across the world have been trying to come to terms with the rapid rate of presidential kneejerks: where policies can be announced, adjusted and shelved as quickly as the leader of the free world can publish a social media post.\n^\nMcGraw, Meridith; Wren, Adam; Allison, Natalie; Cancryn, Adam (June 22, 2024).\n\"Trump keeps flip-flopping his policy positions after meeting with rich people. Top CEOs were seen nodding their heads when Trump talked about finding ways to keep American-educated talent at home\"\n.\nPolitico\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 2, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\nIt was the latest major policy shift from a candidate who has proven equal parts hardline and chameleon-like over time. Trump's pivot on immigration followed his reversal on TikTok, embracing an app he once tried to ban, and his shift on cryptocurrency.\n^\nBenen, Steve (June 16, 2025).\n\"Trump's Mass Deportation Policy Becomes a Meandering Moving Target. The President's Policy on Tariffs Has Become an Unpredictable Mess. His Approach to Mass Deportations Is Increasingly Looking Similar\"\n.\nMSNBC\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\nOne of the many problems with the policy surrounding Donald Trump's trade tariffs is there doesn't appear to be much of a policy. The president certainly makes all kinds of announcements, but in literally dozens of instances, they're followed by revised announcements and reversals.\nOn an international scale, no one — business owners, consumers, investors, foreign officials, et al. — seems to have any idea what to expect from the White House, and for good reason: The entire agenda is an erratic mess, shaped by an unpredictable and inexperienced politician with a limited understanding of the underlying dynamics.\n^\nLilley, Ben Mathis (June 17, 2025).\n\"Who Is in Charge of the Government? And does he know what his own positions are?\"\n.\nSlate\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 20, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 21,\n2025\n.\nTwo stories in the news this week raise the question of who is currently in charge of the world's most powerful country, the United States.\nFirst, there's the Wall Street Journal piece about how the US government does not believe Israel's claim that Iran is moving forward with an attempt to build a nuclear weapon (...) In a similar vein, there is the Washington Post's new report that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have told agents to 'continue conducting immigration raids at agricultural businesses, hotels and restaurants.' This reverses a directive not to target those venues that was itself issued last week, after Trump posted on his Truth Social site that ICE would back off farms and hotels because 'very good, long time workers' were being detained. Compounding the confusion, the (new) Post report notes that the directive that was issued because of Trump's post has been overruled because 'the White House did not support it.' Who runs the White House? I thought it was the president!\n^\na\nb\nPicchi, Aimee (May 28, 2025).\n\"Trump was asked about the \"TACO\" trade and called it a \"nasty question.\" Here's what it means\"\n. CBS News.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 1, 2025\n. Retrieved\nMay 28,\n2025\n.\n^\nArmstrong, Robert (May 2, 2025).\n\"The US market's surprise comeback\"\n.\nFinancial Times\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 2, 2025\n. Retrieved\nMay 28,\n2025\n.\n^\nMoyer, Janet H. Cho|Liz (May 28, 2025).\n\"TACO Trade: What It Is and What It Means for Stocks\"\n.\nbarrons\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 8, 2025\n. Retrieved\nMay 29,\n2025\n.\n^\n\"The 'Taco' factor has spurred markets higher\"\n.\nFinancial Times\n. May 17, 2025\n. Retrieved\nMay 31,\n2025\n.\n{{\ncite news\n}}\n:  CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (\nlink\n)\n^\na\nb\nKaraian, Jason (May 27, 2025).\n\"Stocks Rally on the 'TACO Trade'\n\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 27, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 6,\n2025\n.\n^\n\"Trump delays EU tariffs until July 9, European markets rally\"\n. Reuters. May 26, 2025\n. Retrieved\nMay 31,\n2025\n.\n^\nPettypiece, Shannon (May 29, 2025).\n\"10 times Trump has threatened, then backtracked on, tariffs as 'TACO trade' jab gains traction\"\n. NBC News.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 31, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\nSome financial analysts have taken to calling Trump's on-again, off-again moves TACO trade or the TACO theory – an acronym for 'Trump Always Chickens Out'.\n[The ten examples are: E.U. tariffs, wine tariff, Canada and Mexico tariffs, film tariff, reciprocal tariffs, China tariffs, iPhone tariff, Colombia tariff, dolls tariff, and auto tariffs.]\n^\nAndrew Feinberg (June 11, 2025).\n\"Trump says Trade War 'deal with China is done' and he and Xi agree on minerals: 'FULL MAGNETS'. China's restrictions on rare earth exports have been putting pressure on American manufacturers who rely on them for a wide range of products\"\n.\nThe Independent\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 12, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 13,\n2025\n.\nPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that American and Chinese negotiators in London have struck a deal to avert the trade war he had been stoking against Beijing since returning to office in January.\nIn an early-morning, all-caps post on Truth Social, Trump claimed the deal was \"done\" pending a \"final approval\" by him and Xi Jinping.\n^\nKarson Yiu, David Brennan (June 12, 2025).\n\"China appears to downplay US trade deal Trump said was 'done'\n\"\n. ABC News\n. Retrieved\nJune 13,\n2025\n.\n^\nThe Editorial Board (June 11, 2025).\n\"Trump Has No China Trade Strategy. Washington and Beijing stage a tactical retreat that shows China's leverage\"\n.\nThe Wall Street Journal\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 12, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 13,\n2025\n.\nPresident Trump on Wednesday hailed the result of the latest trade talks with China as a great victory, but the best we can say is that it's a truce that tilts in China's direction.\n^\nEwan Palmer (June 12, 2025).\n\"Murdoch Paper Rips 'TACO' Trump's China Tariff Walk-Back. The Wall Street Journal said the president's China trade deal is \"nothing to cheer about.\"\n\"\n.\nThe Daily Beast\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 13, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 13,\n2025\n.\nRupert Murdoch-owned the Wall Street Journal ridiculed President Donald Trump's half-baked trade \"deal\" with China, calling it a \"truce that tilts in China's direction\" after months of wavering back and forth.\n^\nFareed Zakaria (June 13, 2025).\n\"You can't bully a supply chain superpower. Trump misunderstood China's leverage — and made the U.S. more vulnerable in the process\"\n.\nThe Washington Post\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 13, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 13,\n2025\n.\n^\nLawder, David; Shalal, Andrea; Aeppel, Timothy (July 8, 2025).\n\"Trump's tariff deadline delay brings hope, confusion to trade partners, businesses\"\n. Reuters\n. Retrieved\nJuly 8,\n2025\n.\n^\n\"Trump Softens Tone on China to Secure Xi Summit, Trade Deal\"\n.\nBloomberg\n. July 16, 2025.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 7, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJuly 16,\n2025\n.\n^\na\nb\nGideon Rachman\n(June 12, 2025).\n\"Trump always chickens out on foreign policy too\"\n.\nFinancial Times\n.\n{{\ncite web\n}}\n:  CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (\nlink\n)\n^\n\"What Trump's Greenland 'TACO' Means for Markets\"\n.\nThe Wall Street Journal\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 22,\n2026\n.\n^\n\"Donald Trump: US ready to help Iranian protests find freedom\"\n.\nThe Jerusalem Post\n. January 10, 2026.\nISSN\n \n0792-822X\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 18,\n2026\n.\n^\n\"Why Donald Trump hasn't acted as Iran's regime cracks down\"\n.\nThe Jerusalem Post\n. January 11, 2026.\nISSN\n \n0792-822X\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 18,\n2026\n.\n^\nRoythburg, Eva (March 23, 2026).\n\"Trump has TACO'd again, this time in Iran, sparking a $1.7 trillion stock market rally in minutes, even as peace talks are in question\"\n.\nFortune\n. Retrieved\nMarch 25,\n2026\n.\n^\nPorter, Eduardo (March 27, 2026).\n\"Blink and miss: Trump's tactic of threats first and U-turn later is proving stale in Iran war\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n. Retrieved\nMarch 27,\n2026\n.\n^\na\nb\nFarrell, Henry; Newman, Abraham (August 19, 2025).\n\"The Weaponized World Economy: Surviving the New Age of Economic Coercion\"\n.\nForeign Affairs\n. Archived from\nthe original\non August 19, 2025\n. Retrieved\nOctober 25,\n2025\n.\n^\na\nb\nBermingham, Finbarr (August 29, 2025).\n\"EU readies new economic battle plan but leaves its old guns holstered\"\n.\nSCMP\n. Archived from\nthe original\non August 29, 2025\n. Retrieved\nOctober 25,\n2025\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\nMoller-Nielsen, Thomas (June 27, 2025).\n\"TACO Trump vs EUCO Europe\"\n.\nEuractiv\n. Archived from\nthe original\non October 25, 2025\n. Retrieved\nOctober 25,\n2025\n.\n^\nTocci, Nathalie (July 15, 2025).\n\"In Trump's game of chicken, the EU cannot afford to back down\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n. Archived from\nthe original\non July 15, 2025\n. Retrieved\nOctober 25,\n2025\n.\n^\nO'Brien, John (August 12, 2025).\n\"EU capitulation to US in trade deal shows weakness of the bloc\"\n.\nIrish Examiner\n. Archived from\nthe original\non August 16, 2025\n. Retrieved\nOctober 25,\n2025\n.\n^\nLaurent, Lionel (July 28, 2025).\n\"Europeans, Not Trump, Ended Up Chickening Out\"\n.\nBloomberg\n. Archived from\nthe original\non August 26, 2025\n. Retrieved\nOctober 25,\n2025\n.\n^\nTomazin, Farrah (May 28, 2025).\n\"Trump Melts Down at 'Why Do You Always Chicken Out' Question\"\n.\nThe Daily Beast\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 20, 2025\n. Retrieved\nMay 28,\n2025\n.\n^\nAlayna Treene, Phil Mattingly (May 30, 2025).\n\"Trump irritated that his team didn't tell him about 'TACO,' sources say\"\n. CNN.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 20, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\n^\nLawrence: Trump, the stupidest and most cowardly president in American history, backed down again\n(Internet video).\nMSNBC\n. May 27, 2025.  Event occurs at 02:15 min.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 5, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 6,\n2025\n.\n^\nDustin Gardiner, Alex Nieves (May 29, 2025).\n\"Newsom taunts Trump after tariffs loss: 'It's raining tacos'\n\"\n.\nPolitico\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 9, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\n^\n\"Democrats Troll Trump With Taco Jokes Amid Tariff Chaos\"\n.\nThe Daily Beast\n. May 31, 2025.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 24, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\n^\nStephen Culp, Suzanne McGee (May 31, 2025).\n\"From TACO to FAFO, investors love parodies of Trump acronyms\"\n. Reuters\n. Retrieved\nJune 12,\n2025\n.\n^\nNicolle Wallace\n(May 30, 2025).\nTim Miller: 'He wants to feel powerful and the tariff card allows him to do that'\n. MSNBC.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 22, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJuly 13,\n2025\n– via YouTube.\n^\nDavid A. Graham (May 30, 2025).\n\"The TACO Presidency. Wall Street seems to have finally figured out Donald Trump—and it may be too late\"\n.\nThe Atlantic\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 2, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 6,\n2025\n.\n^\nRhian Lubin (June 2, 2025).\n\"Trump's TACO codename will make him so mad he'll enforce tariffs just to make a point: expert\"\n.\nThe Independent\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 9, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\n^\nMarket Talk: TACO trade 'makes it more likely Trump sticks to tariffs'\n(Internet video).\nReuters\n. June 2, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\n^\n'TACO Tuesday': Democrats hand out free tacos to troll Trump over tariff jab\n(Internet video).\nMSNBC\n. June 3, 2025.  Event occurs at 00:41 min.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 26, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 3,\n2025\n.\n^\nVarkiani, Adrienne Mahsa (June 3, 2025).\n\"Democrats Are Giving Out Free Tacos to Make Fun of Trump\"\n.\nThe New Republic\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 5, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 5,\n2025\n.\n^\nElizabeth Crisp (June 3, 2025).\n\"Vance knocks Democrats over taco truck outside GOP building\"\n.\nThe Hill\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 14, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 3,\n2025\n.\n^\nZeeshan Aleem (June 7, 2025).\n\"\n'TACO' is an awful political slogan, and it could backfire for Democrats. There's nothing to be gained from daring Trump to follow through on his most extreme policies\"\n. MSNBC.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 8, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 8,\n2025\n.\n^\n\"Tacos with Trump's face, chickens on his head: Internet explodes with memes on 'Trump Always Chickens Out'\n\"\n.\nThe Economic Times\n. May 29, 2025.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 11, 2025\n. Retrieved\nMay 29,\n2025\n.\n^\nMcFall, Marni (May 29, 2025).\n\"TACO Trump Memes Explode Across Internet as President Mocked Over Tariffs\"\n.\nNewsweek\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 15, 2025\n. Retrieved\nMay 29,\n2025\n.\n^\n\"Marching tacos spoil Donald Trump's birthday parade and more TACO editorial cartoons\"\n.\nThe Week\n. June 2, 2025.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 22, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 2,\n2025\n.\n^\nJasper Jolly (May 29, 2025).\n\"\n'Trump always chickens out': Taco jibe ruffles president's feathers. Wall Street is increasingly betting that Trump will blink first in the tariffs stand-off\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\n^\nExplained: TACO Trump Meme Explodes Online What is it Is the President Chickening Out on Tariffs\n.\nThe Indian Express\n(Internet video). May 30, 2025.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 31, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\n^\nDonald Trump and the 'Taco Tuesday' debacle: the trade insult, explained\n.\nThe Australian\n(Internet video). June 4, 2025.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 8, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 7,\n2025\n.\n^\nHerkel, Andres (May 29, 2025).\n\"Mängib tulega: Kas Putin vihastas Trumpi päriselt või lõi USA president jälle vedelaks?\"\n.\nPostimees\n(in Estonian).\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 1, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\n^\n\"\n\"Trump se dégonfle toujours\": d'où vient \"Taco\", le surnom de Donald Trump qui l'agace tant?\"\n.\nLe Parisien\n(in French). May 30, 2025.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 27, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\n^\nSchmitz, David (May 30, 2025).\n\"\n\"TACO\"-Meme kursiert in den USA – und versetzt Donald Trump in Rage\"\n.\nKölner Stadt-Anzeiger\n(in German).\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 23, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\n^\nAarstad Aase, Kari (May 30, 2025).\n\"\n\"Trump Always Chickens Out\" - TACO-begrepet som irriterer presidenten\"\n.\nVG\n(in Norwegian).\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 25, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\n^\nOkorn, Tomaž (June 1, 2025).\n\"TACO-trgovanje – Trump se vedno ustraši\"\n.\nRTV SLO\n(in Slovenian)\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\n^\nVal, Álvaro (May 29, 2025).\n\"Qué significa la expresión TACO, la frase de moda en Wall Street que incomoda a Trump: \"Me parece desagradable\"\n\"\n.\nLa Razón\n(in Spanish).\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 23, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 4,\n2025\n.\n^\n\"\n'TACO': expressão 'Trump Sempre Amarela' viraliza nos EUA; presidente se irrita e fala em 'maldade'\n\"\n.\nG1\n(in Brazilian Portuguese). May 28, 2025.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 1, 2025\n. Retrieved\nJune 10,\n2025\n.\n^\nBell, Amanda (May 29, 2025).\n\"\n'The View' Hosts Get Giddy Over Elon Musk Exit & Trump 'TACO' Nickname\"\n.\nTVInsider\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 7, 2025\n. 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[e](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:EditPage\/Template:Donald_Trump_series \"Special:EditPage\/Template:Donald Trump series\") |   |\n\n***Trump Always Chickens Out*** (**TACO**) is a term that gained prominence in May 2025 after [many threats and reversals](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration \"Tariffs in the second Trump administration\") during the [trade war](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trade_war \"Trade war\") US president [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump\") initiated with [his administration](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump \"Second cabinet of Donald Trump\")'s [\"Liberation Day\" tariffs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberation_Day_tariffs \"Liberation Day tariffs\").[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNBC_2025-05-28-1) The acronym is used to describe Trump's tendency to make tariff threats, only to later delay them as a way to increase time for negotiations and for [markets](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Financial_market \"Financial market\") to rebound.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNBC_2025-05-28-1)[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-nytimes-2) The term is widely used on [Wall Street](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wall_Street \"Wall Street\"), where the **TACO trade** involves buying stocks cheaply after a tariff announcement pushes stocks lower, then selling them at a profit after the tariffs are delayed or reduced and the market rebounds.\n\nBy 2026, the term also came to be used to characterize some of Trump's decisions in the realm of [foreign policy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#Foreign_relations), specifically his reversal of threats to [annex Greenland](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greenland_crisis \"Greenland crisis\"),[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-greenland-3)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-usatoday1-4) and his attempt to find an abrupt exit for the escalating [2026 Iran War](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2026_Iran_War \"2026 Iran War\") as global securites began to fall due to the rise in oil prices.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNNIran-5)\n\n## Background\nTrump's tendency to change his mind on policy positions had been described since his [first presidential campaign](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign \"Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign\").[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-6) Before the emergence of the TACO acronym, observers used terms such as backtrack[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-7) and flip-flop.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-8)[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-9)[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-10) Wall Street traders called it the \"Trump [put](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Put_option \"Put option\")\" when, during his first term, he would change a policy if the markets reacted badly to it.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-11)[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-12)\n\nThis tendency continued to be reported in the lead up to,[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-13) and during, [Trump's second presidency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"Second presidency of Donald Trump\"),[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-14)[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-15) with commentators noting specific issues including trade,[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-17)[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-18)[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-19) immigration,[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-20)[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-21) and international relationships.[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-22)\n\n## Origins\nThe term \"TACO trade\" was first used by *[Financial Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Financial_Times \"Financial Times\")* journalist Robert Armstrong in a May 2, 2025 [opinion piece](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opinion_piece \"Opinion piece\") that discussed tariffs and their effects on the [US markets](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/US_economy \"US economy\").[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CBS_2025-05-28-23) In the piece, part of a series titled \"Unhedged\", Armstrong said that markets were realizing that \"the US administration does not have a very high tolerance for market and economic pressure, and will be quick to back off when tariffs cause pain\". Armstrong called this \"the Taco theory: Trump Always Chickens Out\".[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-24)[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-:0-25)\n\n## Examples\n### Tariffs\nKatie Martin of the *Financial Times* gave three examples of \"the Taco factor\" where Trump had reversed a decision in response to the market's reaction: Trump setting high \"[Liberation Day tariffs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberation_Day_tariffs \"Liberation Day tariffs\")\" and pausing them a week later, his calling for the termination of Federal Reserve chair [Jerome Powell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerome_Powell \"Jerome Powell\") before distancing himself from the idea, and the US committing to roll back tariffs against China during trade talks in May.[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-26) Another example is when Trump would delay his 50% tariff proposal affecting [EU](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Union \"European Union\") imports to July 9, this would later cause European markets to [rally](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rally_\$stock_market\$ \"Rally (stock market)\").[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-nytimes-2025-27)[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-reuters-28)\n\n[Shannon Pettypiece](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shannon_Pettypiece \"Shannon Pettypiece\") of [NBC News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC_News \"NBC News\") gave ten examples of Trump having \"threatened, then backtracked on, tariffs\" since taking office, saying that in her view Trump had threatened \"far more\" tariffs than he had imposed.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-29)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/93\/OUR_DEAL_WITH_CHINA.png\/250px-OUR_DEAL_WITH_CHINA.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:OUR_DEAL_WITH_CHINA.png)\n\nA Truth Social post from Donald Trump announcing a reversal of some tariffs against China, seen by analysts as Trump having \"chickened out\"\n\nOn June 11, 2025, Trump posted on [Truth Social](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Truth_Social \"Truth Social\") that he had reached a deal in the [US's trade war with China](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war#2025 \"China–United States trade war\").[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-30) [ABC News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ABC_News_\$United_States\$ \"ABC News (United States)\") noted that a Chinese spokesperson said it was a \"framework\" to consolidate the agreements reached in May, and that the talks represented the \"first meeting\". Secretary of Commerce [Howard Lutnick](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howard_Lutnick \"Howard Lutnick\") referred to the agreement as a \"handshake for a framework\".[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-31) *[The Wall Street Journal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wall_Street_Journal \"The Wall Street Journal\")* published an editorial criticizing the deal, calling it a \"truce that tilts in China's direction\" by appearing to be \"resetting their trade relationship to where it was a few months ago before a tit-for-tat escalation\".[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-32)[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-33) [Fareed Zakaria](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Zakaria \"Fareed Zakaria\") of *[The Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post \"The Washington Post\")* saw the vague trade deal as an example of \"TACO\", except for \"one twist\", that Americans \"will still pay a tariff rate of 55 percent on goods from China (compared to China's 10 percent tariff on American goods)\".[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-34) On July 8, 2025, Trump again announced a delay in implementing tariffs against 14 countries, pushing back the deadline for negotiations from July 9 to August 1.[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-35) [Bloomberg](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloomberg_News \"Bloomberg News\") reported that Trump has softened his hardline tone on China to ensure a summit with [General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party \"General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party\") [Xi Jinping](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xi_Jinping \"Xi Jinping\"), aiming to push for a trade agreement between America and China.[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-36)\n\n### Foreign relations\n[Gideon Rachman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gideon_Rachman \"Gideon Rachman\") of the *Financial Times* wrote that \"Trump always chickens out on foreign policy too,\" citing a paper by [Jeremy Shapiro](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeremy_Shapiro \"Jeremy Shapiro\") of the [European Council on Foreign Relations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Council_on_Foreign_Relations \"European Council on Foreign Relations\") that found that Trump had threatened the use of force against foreign adversaries on 22 occasions (as of early 2025), but actually did so on only two occasions.[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-Rachman2025-37) For example, during his first term, Trump threatened \"fire and fury\" against [North Korea](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea \"North Korea\") and threatened to wipe [Afghanistan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan \"Afghanistan\") \"off the face of the earth\" within ten days; Trump followed through in neither case, instead entering failed negotiations with North Korea [over its nuclear program](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korean_nuclear_program \"North Korean nuclear program\") and entering into an [agreement for a US withdrawal from Afghanistan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States%E2%80%93Taliban_deal \"United States–Taliban deal\") without any meaningful concessions from the [Taliban](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taliban \"Taliban\") in return.[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-Rachman2025-37)\n\nThe term was widely used to describe Trump's 2025 reversal of his threats to [annex Greenland](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greenland_crisis \"Greenland crisis\").[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-greenland-3)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-usatoday1-4)[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-38)\n\nFollowing the [2026 Iran protests](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2026_Iran_protests \"2026 Iran protests\"), after Trump threatened the Iranian leadership with military intervention,[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-39) TACO was used by commentators to describe Trump's actions when they did not materialize at the time.[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-40) As the subsequent [2026 Iran war](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2026_Iran_war \"2026 Iran war\") began to impact global oil and securities markets, analysts assessed that Trump's attempt to TACO out of the conflict might not be feasible as Iran did not seem willing to compromise, showing the limits of threats followed by a U-turn.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNNIran-5)[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-41)[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-p918-42)\n\n### Related uses\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/68\/Meeting_between_Ursula_von_der_Leyen%2C_President_of_the_EC%2C_and_Donald_Trump%2C_President_of_the_United_States_-_2025_%283%29.jpg\/250px-Meeting_between_Ursula_von_der_Leyen%2C_President_of_the_EC%2C_and_Donald_Trump%2C_President_of_the_United_States_-_2025_%283%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Meeting_between_Ursula_von_der_Leyen,_President_of_the_EC,_and_Donald_Trump,_President_of_the_United_States_-_2025_\$3\$.jpg)\n\nThe [European Union](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Union \"European Union\") has been criticized for \"chickening out\" to the US on trade retaliations against it. (Trump meeting with [Ursula von der Leyen](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ursula_von_der_Leyen \"Ursula von der Leyen\") pictured.)\n\nA variant of \"TACO\" called \"**EACO**\" (Europe Always Chickens Out)[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-affairs-43)[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-guns-44)\\> or \"**EUCO**\" has been applied to the [European Union](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Union \"European Union\") as well during trade negotiations with the US since his global trade war.[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-euco-45) Criticized as a process of [appeasement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Appeasement \"Appeasement\"), the EU avoided using its so-called \"anti-coercion mechanisms\" in retaliation for Trump's tariffs and instead attempted to negotiate a deal with the US with the tariffs applied. The EU's appeasement process stems from fears that Trump would withdraw military defense from Europe, especially in regard to the [Russo-Ukrainian War](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russo-Ukrainian_War \"Russo-Ukrainian War\").[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-46) As a result, it repeatedly delayed counter-tariff packages meant to target specific imported goods from the US.[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-euco-45)[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-guns-44)\n\nThe United States has been noted to be able to exploit the EU's dependence on it, especially due to the internal divisions and lack of strategy from the EU.[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-affairs-43) Of note was that the EU officials previously refused to accept 10% tariffs on exported goods to the US. The EU later agreed to a trade deal in which most of its exported goods to the US would be subjected to 15% tariffs in exchange for no tariffs applied to US goods. Critics have argued that the EU under the [European Commission](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Commission \"European Commission\") president [Ursula von der Leyen](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ursula_von_der_Leyen \"Ursula von der Leyen\") surrendered to the US, with John O'Brien of *[Irish Examiner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Examiner \"Irish Examiner\")* arguing that it showed weakness and refused to accept short term pain for long term benefits.[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-euco-45)[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-47) Lionel Laurent of *[Bloomberg News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloomberg_News \"Bloomberg News\")* described the uneven trade deal as a threat towards the EU's already weak economic growth and remarked that \"\\[m\\]aybe it isn't Trump who always chickens out.\"[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-48)\n\n## Reactions\n### In politics and economy\nDonald Trump was asked by Megan Cassella, a [CNBC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNBC \"CNBC\") Correspondent, what he thought about the term on May 28, 2025, during a swearing-in ceremony for the acting attorney general. He denied the behavior, saying \"it's called negotiation\". He called the question a \"nasty question\", adding \"I usually have the opposite problem. They say I am too tough\".[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CBS_2025-05-28-23)[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-49) According to [CNN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN \"CNN\"), Trump had not yet heard the term, and he first understood that Cassella was calling him a [chicken](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicken \"Chicken\").[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-50)\n\n[Lawrence O'Donnell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lawrence_O%27Donnell \"Lawrence O'Donnell\") pointed out Trump's policies and actions that, in his opinion, will be reversed by the courts, but which, together with the reversals Trump himself has done, characterize him as an ineffective president since everybody is increasingly aware that he will back down, giving rise to the acronym TACO, while the [tariff war](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration \"Tariffs in the second Trump administration\") keeps hurting American businesses.[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-51) *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")* quoted analysts Salomon Fiedler of [Berenberg Bank](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berenberg_Bank \"Berenberg Bank\"), [Paul Donovan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Donovan_\$economist\$ \"Paul Donovan (economist)\") of [UBS Wealth Management](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UBS \"UBS\"), and Chris Beauchamp of [IG Group](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IG_Group \"IG Group\"), saying that Trump's tariff threats don't last.[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-nytimes-2025-27)\n\nOn May 28, 2025, the [United States Court of International Trade](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Court_of_International_Trade \"United States Court of International Trade\") (CIT) [ruled](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration#Legality \"Tariffs in the second Trump administration\") that Trump had overreached his authority under the [International Emergency Economic Powers Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Emergency_Economic_Powers_Act \"International Emergency Economic Powers Act\") (IEEPA) and vacated all tariffs related to it. This prompted California Governor [Gavin Newsom](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gavin_Newsom \"Gavin Newsom\") to comment, \"It's raining tacos today.\"[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-52)[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-53) [Reuters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reuters \"Reuters\") published a note about acronyms popular among investors four months into Trump's second term: [YOLO](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/YOLO_\$aphorism\$ \"YOLO (aphorism)\"), TACO, MEGA, MAGA (Make America Go Away), and FAFO. When reached for comment, White House spokesman Kush Desai said in an email, \"these asinine acronyms convey how unserious analysts have consistently beclowned themselves by mocking President Trump and his agenda that've already delivered multiple expectation-beating jobs and inflation reports, trillions in investment commitments, a historic UK trade agreement, and rising consumer confidence.\"[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-54)\n\nIn an interview with Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC on May 30, economist [Justin Wolfers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Justin_Wolfers \"Justin Wolfers\") coined additional acronyms about Trump's actions themed on Mexican food: [Burrito](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burrito \"Burrito\") – the \"Blatantly Unconstitutional Rewriting of the Rules of International Trade, Obviously\". He said that the correct response would be to invoke [Churro](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Churro \"Churro\") – the \"Courts Have Ultimate Responsibility to Restore Order\".[\\[55\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-55)\n\nDavid A. Graham, writing for *[The Atlantic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Atlantic \"The Atlantic\")*, recalled his own 2018 analysis of Trump's \"pattern of nearly always folding\" on international politics during his [first term](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"First presidency of Donald Trump\"), pointing out that Wall Street is just \"catching on,\" and given that now Trump knows about the TACO trade expression it could mean that he may make bad choices and persist on them, causing the markets to tank.[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-56) In an interview for [Reuters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reuters \"Reuters\"), in the context of Trump's May 30 announcement of [increased tariffs on steel and aluminum](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration#Steel_and_aluminum_tariffs \"Tariffs in the second Trump administration\"), Joachim Klement, head of strategy at the investment bank [Panmure Liberum](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panmure_Gordon \"Panmure Gordon\") said, \"We think that, unfortunately, as the so-called TACO trade becomes more viral, it becomes more likely that Trump will stick to higher tariffs just to prove a point.\"[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-57)[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-58)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c2\/No_Kings_protest_in_Chicago_120218_%28TACO_crop%29.jpg\/250px-No_Kings_protest_in_Chicago_120218_%28TACO_crop%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:No_Kings_protest_in_Chicago_120218_\$TACO_crop\$.jpg)\n\n[No Kings protester](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_2025_No_Kings_protests \"June 2025 No Kings protests\") in Chicago holding a sign saying \"Trump Always Chickens Out\"\n\nOn June 3, 2025, a [Tuesday](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taco_Tuesday \"Taco Tuesday\"), the [Democratic National Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_National_Committee \"Democratic National Committee\") parked a rented [taco truck](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Food_truck \"Food truck\"), customized with images of Trump wearing a chicken costume, outside the [Republican National Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_National_Committee \"Republican National Committee\") headquarters, and distributed free [tacos](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taco \"Taco\") to passers-by \"as an effective way to draw attention to Trump's tariff policies, which they described as \"playing games with working families' livelihoods.\"[\\[59\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-59)[\\[60\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-60) Vice President [JD Vance](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JD_Vance \"JD Vance\") criticized the opposition party as \"lame,\" to which the DNC answered calling him \"the cringiest VP in American history,\" and mentioning that the [One Big Beautiful Bill Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/One_Big_Beautiful_Bill_Act \"One Big Beautiful Bill Act\") is likely to \"take away food from people.\" [\\[61\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-61)\n\nZeeshan Aleem, writing for [MSNBC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MSNBC \"MSNBC\"), criticized Democrats using TACO as a political slogan because it is inexact, as Trump was (as of June 2025) maintaining both baseline and specific tariffs. Also, because \"Why on Earth would Democrats dare Trump to *follow through* on his most extreme tariff threats?\" Aleem quotes Robert Armstrong lamenting the impact of his creation: \"Let us state clearly, chickening out is good and something to be celebrated. Bad policy chickening out, hooray.\" Finally, because if the Democrats' message is that Trump is a threat to democracy, \"it's a bit odd to simultaneously argue that Trump is all talk and no action.\"[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-62)\n\n### In the media\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/ab\/Trump_TACO_meme.jpg\/250px-Trump_TACO_meme.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Trump_TACO_meme.jpg)\n\nAn AI-generated image of Donald Trump dressed as a chicken and holding tacos\n\nAlmost immediately after Trump's response, the term started a trend of memes about Trump referencing the TACO acronym or the phrase directly. The memes often employed [generative AI](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Generative_artificial_intelligence \"Generative artificial intelligence\") to produce artificial images and video of Trump in situations parodying the viral term.[\\[63\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-63)[\\[64\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-64) [Editorial cartoons](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Editorial_cartoons \"Editorial cartoons\") parodied Trump's reaction to the term, frequently utilizing [puns](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pun \"Pun\") and exaggerated caricatures of [Putin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vladimir_Putin \"Vladimir Putin\") and Trump.[\\[65\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-theweek-65)\n\nThe term has been widely reported in the international press,[\\[66\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-66)[\\[67\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-67)[\\[68\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-68) with the phrase translated into Estonian (*Trump lööb alati vedelaks*),[\\[69\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-69) French (*Trump se dégonfle toujours*),[\\[70\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-70) German (*Trump macht immer einen Rückzieher*),[\\[71\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-71) Norwegian (*Trump trekker seg alltid*),[\\[72\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-72) Slovene (*Trump se vedno ustraši*),[\\[73\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-73) Spanish (*Trump siempre se acobarda*),[\\[74\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-74) Brazilian Portuguese (*Trump sempre amarela*),[\\[75\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-75) and other languages.\n\n*[The View](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_View \"The View\")* hosts [Whoopi Goldberg](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whoopi_Goldberg \"Whoopi Goldberg\"), [Joy Behar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joy_Behar \"Joy Behar\") and [Ana Navarro](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ana_Navarro \"Ana Navarro\") praised the TACO phrase on their show. Navarro's analysis and discussion of the nickname with other cohosts included why they suspected the name gained traction and what led to the name's popularity, stating \"For a nickname to be effective, there's got to be truth to it, which this has: His trade policy is all over the place \\[...\\] And it's got to get under the person's skin, which it clearly did\". Host [Sara Haines](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sara_Haines \"Sara Haines\") noted Trump's common use of insulting [nicknames for public figures he dislikes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump \"List of nicknames used by Donald Trump\"). Navarro also likened the trending nickname to \"karma\" for Trump's previous actions relating to Mexico in the beginning of his second term, including [banning](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Associated_Press_v._Budowich \"Associated Press v. Budowich\") the [Associated Press](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Associated_Press \"Associated Press\") from White House press events due to their refusal to refer to the [Gulf of Mexico as the \"Gulf of America\"](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Mexico_naming_controversy \"Gulf of Mexico naming controversy\").[\\[76\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-76)\n\n## See also\n- [China's final warning](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China%27s_final_warning \"China's final warning\") – A joke of similar vein in [Soviet](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet \"Soviet\") and now popular [Russian](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russia \"Russia\") discourse poking fun at incessant \"final\" threats which never come to fruition.\n- [False or misleading statements by Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump#\"Two_weeks\" \"False or misleading statements by Donald Trump\") – Information about other contexts in which Trump has set and broken deadlines, that have also influenced the TACO acronym.\n## References\n1. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CNBC_2025-05-28_1-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CNBC_2025-05-28_1-1)\n   Breuninger, Kevin (May 28, 2025). [\"Trump says he's not 'chickening out' on trade: 'It's called negotiation'\"](https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/05\/28\/trump-tariffs-taco-trade-chickening-out.html). CNBC. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250822162126\/https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/05\/28\/trump-tariffs-taco-trade-chickening-out.html) from the original on August 22, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025.\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-nytimes_2-0)**\n   Bigg, Matthew (May 29, 2025). [\"Asked about 'TACO' and Tariffs, Trump Lashes Out at Reporter\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/29\/us\/politics\/trump-taco-trade-question.html). *The New York Times*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250812180734\/https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/29\/us\/politics\/trump-taco-trade-question.html) from the original on August 12, 2025. 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Retrieved January 22, 2026.\n5. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CNNIran_5-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CNNIran_5-1)\n   Collinson, Stephen (March 24, 2026). [\"Why Trump may not be able to TACO in Iran — even if he wants to\"](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/24\/politics\/trump-iran-war-taco-straight-of-hormuz-analysis). *[CNN News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN_News \"CNN News\")*. Retrieved March 25, 2026.\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-6)**\n   Timm, Jane C. (July 26, 2016). [\"The 141 Stances Donald Trump Took During His White House Bid. To understand and track Trump's views, we've compiled a list of his past and present positions on issues since he announced his candidacy\"](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2016-election\/full-list-donald-trump-s-rapidly-changing-policy-positions-n547801). [NBC News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC_News \"NBC News\"). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160706201058\/http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2016-election\/full-list-donald-trump-s-rapidly-changing-policy-positions-n547801) from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"\\[Updated November 28, 2016\\] President-Elect Donald Trump took 141 distinct stances on 23 major issues during his bid for the White House. \\[Subjects are:\\] Immigration. Young undocumented immigrants and children of illegal immigrants. Proposed Muslim ban. Visas for high-skilled workers. Border control and the refugee crisis. Defeating ISIS. Guns. 'First use' and nuclear arms. Minimum wage. Taxes. Climate change. National debt. Abortion. Whether President Obama was born in America. Voting for the Iraq War. 2011 intervention in Libya. Japan and nukes. Money in politics. Violating U.S. and international laws with regard to torture, terrorism. Ku Klux Klan and David Duke. The Iran nuclear deal. Health Care. Rigged election\/Political system. Accepting the outcome of the election.\"\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-7)**\n   Bennet, John T. (April 8, 2019). [\"Trump's double backtrack 'probably won't matter very much.' Teflon president not likely to pay any political price for health care, border retreats\"](https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2019\/04\/08\/trumps-double-backtrack-probably-wont-matter-very-much\/). [Roll Call](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roll_Call \"Roll Call\"). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250621232355\/https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2019\/04\/08\/trumps-double-backtrack-probably-wont-matter-very-much\/) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"Donald Trump irked even his fellow Republicans last week with his health care and border closure pushes, only to back off both, capping one of the most turbulent weeks of his chaotic presidency. But it's unlikely to hinder his re-election fight.\"\n8. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-8)**\n   Diamond, Jeremy (April 1, 2016). [\"Abortion and 10 other Donald Trump flip-flops\"](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2016\/03\/31\/politics\/donald-trump-positions-flip-flops). [CNN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN \"CNN\"). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250708222213\/https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2016\/03\/31\/politics\/donald-trump-positions-flip-flops) from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"(...) But Trump's flip-flop on Wednesday was just the most recent one. Here are 10 examples: Nuclear proliferation. The Iraq War. Afghanistan War. Abortion. Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Torture. Immigration. Gun control. Muslim ban. Hillary Clinton.\"\n9. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-9)**\n   Timm, Jane C. (November 19, 2016). [\"Tracking President Trump's Flip-Flops. NBC News is tracking Trump's new policy pronouncements. Here are the issues that he's flip-flopped on\"](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/president-trumps-first-100-days\/here-are-new-policy-stances-donald-trump-has-taken-election-n684946). [NBC News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC_News \"NBC News\"). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250621232356\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/president-trumps-first-100-days\/here-are-new-policy-stances-donald-trump-has-taken-election-n684946) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"(...) Overall, Trump has taken 32 new stances on 13 different issues since his election. The president's shifting agenda has established him as one of the most unpredictable American leaders in modern history. (...) In order to better understand the president, we've tracked Trump's new policy pronouncements and flip flops on big issues from Election Day forward. FBI Director James Comey's Performance and Firing. Health Care. Immigration Reform, Enforcement. Entitlement Programs. LGBTQ Rights. NATO. Intervention in Syria. Special Interests in Government, \"Drain the Swamp.\" China. Low Interest Rates. Removing Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair. Export-Import Bank. Golfing While President.\"\n10. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-10)**\n    Catanese, David (April 13, 2017). [\"Donald Trump's 10 Flip-Flops. The president calls himself 'flexible' but these moves make Gumby look rigid\"](https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national-news\/slideshows\/donald-trumps-10-flip-flops). *[U.S. News & World Report](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._News_%26_World_Report \"U.S. News & World Report\")*. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"From ordering the bombing of Syria to distancing himself from adviser Steve Bannon, to softening his rhetoric on China, Trump is on a record-setting pace for changing his mind. His penchant for sudden U-turns has become a defining characteristic of what's been a chaotic, improvisational White House.\"\n11. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-11)**\n    Peck, Emily (May 29, 2025). [\"Trump \"TACO\" trade: How a columnist's catchphrase caused an Oval Office scene\"](https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/29\/trump-taco-trade-tariffs). *Axios*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250716082902\/https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/29\/trump-taco-trade-tariffs) from the original on July 16, 2025. Retrieved July 21, 2025.\n12. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-12)**\n    Berkowitz, Ben (April 9, 2025). [\"The \"Trump put\" wasn't dead, it was just resting\"](https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/09\/trump-put-stocks-bonds). *Axios*.\n13. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-13)**\n    Astor, Maggie; Levien, Simon J. (September 10, 2024). [\"'Flip-Flop' or Evolution: Trump and Harris and Their Reversals on Issues\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/10\/us\/politics\/harris-trump-flip-flops.html). *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240911155135\/https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/10\/us\/politics\/harris-trump-flip-flops.html\/) from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"As former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in their debate Tuesday night, one likely area of contention will be their mutual accusations of flip-flopping — a charge that politicians have long deployed to portray their opponents as lacking principle. It is true that both have changed some of their policy positions, as politicians often do — whether for political expediency or because their thinking has evolved with new information. But while Ms. Harris has moderated a number of progressive stances she took in the 2020 Democratic primary, Mr. Trump has reversed himself entirely, gone back and forth or avoided taking clear stands on a host of important issues.\"\n14. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-14)**\n    Nicholas, Peter (April 14, 2025). [\"Chaos, confusion and reversals: The story of Trump's second term so far. President Donald Trump has moved quickly on his far-reaching agenda, but his administration has frequently changed both its messaging and its course\"](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/chaos-confusion-reversals-trump-second-term-rcna200649). [NBC News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC_News \"NBC News\"). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250621232358\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/chaos-confusion-reversals-trump-second-term-rcna200649) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"The president is in a hurry. Executive orders, tariffs, mass firings — all are happening at a speed that has made it hard for the nation to keep up. And tough for Trump to carry out. The chaotic start of his presidency has been characterized by a rash of reversals and retreats as he hastens to execute his agenda while his party controls both houses of Congress and his political capital is at its peak.\"\n15. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-15)**\n    Smith-Schoenwalder, Cecelia (May 1, 2025). [\"Full Speed, Then Reverse: Trump's Biggest U-Turns in His First 100 Days. From flip-flopping tariffs to federal layoffs among critical programs, here are the biggest reversals of Trump's second term so far\"](https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national-news\/articles\/trumps-biggest-policy-reversals-so-far). *[U.S. News & World Report](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._News_%26_World_Report \"U.S. News & World Report\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250621232355\/https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national-news\/articles\/trumps-biggest-policy-reversals-so-far) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"President Donald Trump hit the ground running for his second term in the Oval Office, issuing a flurry of executive orders and policy shifts at breakneck speed. Some came so fast, in fact, they barely had time to take effect before being reversed.\"\n16. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-16)**\n    Minsberg, Talya (March 13, 2025). [\"A Timeline of Trump's On-Again, Off-Again Tariffs. President Trump's penchant for imposing and then suspending tariffs has shaken markets and confounded trading partners\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/13\/business\/economy\/trump-tariff-timeline.html). *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")*. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"\\[Updated on June 4, 2025\\]\"\n17. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-17)**\n    Erb, Jordan (March 3, 2025). [\"Trump's Tariff Flip-Flops Help Send Stocks Lower\"](https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2025-03-06\/trump-s-tariff-flip-flops-help-send-stocks-down-again). [Bloomberg News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloomberg_News \"Bloomberg News\"). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250314002516\/https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2025-03-06\/trump-s-tariff-flip-flops-help-send-stocks-down-again) from the original on March 14, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"On Thursday, Donald Trump signed a few more executive orders. Among the scores he's churned out since taking office, these were unique, since they partially reversed orders from just two days ago. It was the latest backpedal by the White House in the face of furious fallout both at home and abroad to his 25% sanctions against Canada and Mexico.\"\n18. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-18)**\n    Salmon, Felix; Basu, Zachary (March 7, 2025). [\"Trump's rug-pull presidency\"](https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/07\/trump-policy-tariffs-flip-flop). *[Axios](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axios_\$website\$ \"Axios (website)\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250416172039\/https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/07\/trump-policy-tariffs-flip-flop) from the original on April 16, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"Donald Trump is building a reputation for himself as the flip-flopper in chief — the president who, after announcing a bold new policy today, is more than likely to reverse it tomorrow. Why it matters: In a chaotic and unpredictable world, the federal government normally acts as a stabilizing force. Under Trump, it has become the primary driver of the chaos. The big picture: Across-the-board tariffs on Mexico and Canada — two of America's three largest trading partners — have been on and then off and then on and then off. Colombia knows the feeling.\"\n19. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-19)**\n    Jones, Callum (May 10, 2025). [\"Whiplash reversals mean Trump's erratic trade policy is as clear as mud. The specifics of the administration's economic masterplan – from strollers to movies to China – change by the day\"](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/may\/10\/trump-tariffs-trade-policy-reversals). *[The Guardian](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Guardian \"The Guardian\")*. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"The US president declared this week to be a key milestone of his second term, as he unveiled his first major trade deal since returning to office following accelerated talks with the UK. But it came as Trump's position, on everything from tariffs on strollers and movies to whether his administration even wants to strike such global deals, appeared to shift by the hour. Firms across the world have been trying to come to terms with the rapid rate of presidential kneejerks: where policies can be announced, adjusted and shelved as quickly as the leader of the free world can publish a social media post.\"\n20. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-20)**\n    McGraw, Meridith; Wren, Adam; Allison, Natalie; Cancryn, Adam (June 22, 2024). [\"Trump keeps flip-flopping his policy positions after meeting with rich people. Top CEOs were seen nodding their heads when Trump talked about finding ways to keep American-educated talent at home\"](https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/06\/22\/trump-policy-flip-flop-00164538). *[Politico](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politico \"Politico\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250702000132\/https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/06\/22\/trump-policy-flip-flop-00164538) from the original on July 2, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"It was the latest major policy shift from a candidate who has proven equal parts hardline and chameleon-like over time. Trump's pivot on immigration followed his reversal on TikTok, embracing an app he once tried to ban, and his shift on cryptocurrency.\"\n21. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-21)**\n    Benen, Steve (June 16, 2025). [\"Trump's Mass Deportation Policy Becomes a Meandering Moving Target. The President's Policy on Tariffs Has Become an Unpredictable Mess. His Approach to Mass Deportations Is Increasingly Looking Similar\"](https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/trumps-mass-deportation-policy-becomes-meandering-moving-target-rcna213247). [MSNBC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MSNBC \"MSNBC\"). Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"One of the many problems with the policy surrounding Donald Trump's trade tariffs is there doesn't appear to be much of a policy. The president certainly makes all kinds of announcements, but in literally dozens of instances, they're followed by revised announcements and reversals. On an international scale, no one — business owners, consumers, investors, foreign officials, et al. — seems to have any idea what to expect from the White House, and for good reason: The entire agenda is an erratic mess, shaped by an unpredictable and inexperienced politician with a limited understanding of the underlying dynamics.\"\n22. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-22)**\n    Lilley, Ben Mathis (June 17, 2025). [\"Who Is in Charge of the Government? And does he know what his own positions are?\"](https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2025\/06\/donald-trump-reversal-iran-ice-raids.html). *[Slate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slate_\$magazine\$ \"Slate (magazine)\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250620065200\/https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2025\/06\/donald-trump-reversal-iran-ice-raids.html) from the original on June 20, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"Two stories in the news this week raise the question of who is currently in charge of the world's most powerful country, the United States. First, there's the Wall Street Journal piece about how the US government does not believe Israel's claim that Iran is moving forward with an attempt to build a nuclear weapon (...) In a similar vein, there is the Washington Post's new report that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have told agents to 'continue conducting immigration raids at agricultural businesses, hotels and restaurants.' This reverses a directive not to target those venues that was itself issued last week, after Trump posted on his Truth Social site that ICE would back off farms and hotels because 'very good, long time workers' were being detained. Compounding the confusion, the (new) Post report notes that the directive that was issued because of Trump's post has been overruled because 'the White House did not support it.' Who runs the White House? I thought it was the president\\!\"\n23. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CBS_2025-05-28_23-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CBS_2025-05-28_23-1)\n    Picchi, Aimee (May 28, 2025). [\"Trump was asked about the \"TACO\" trade and called it a \"nasty question.\" Here's what it means\"](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-taco-trade-trump-always-chickens-out-what-it-means\/). CBS News. 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[\"Stocks Rally on the 'TACO Trade'\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/27\/business\/stock-market-trump-tariffs.html). *The New York Times*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250527175651\/https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/27\/business\/stock-market-trump-tariffs.html) from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved June 6, 2025.\n28. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-reuters_28-0)**\n    [\"Trump delays EU tariffs until July 9, European markets rally\"](https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/trump-extends-deadline-reach-eu-trade-deal-until-july-9-2025-05-25\/). Reuters. May 26, 2025. Retrieved May 31, 2025.\n29. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-29)**\n    Pettypiece, Shannon (May 29, 2025). [\"10 times Trump has threatened, then backtracked on, tariffs as 'TACO trade' jab gains traction\"](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/10-trump-threatened-backtracked-tariffs-wall-street-embraces-taco-trad-rcna209450). NBC News. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250731063710\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/10-trump-threatened-backtracked-tariffs-wall-street-embraces-taco-trad-rcna209450) from the original on July 31, 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2025. \"Some financial analysts have taken to calling Trump's on-again, off-again moves TACO trade or the TACO theory – an acronym for 'Trump Always Chickens Out'.\" \\[The ten examples are: E.U. tariffs, wine tariff, Canada and Mexico tariffs, film tariff, reciprocal tariffs, China tariffs, iPhone tariff, Colombia tariff, dolls tariff, and auto tariffs.\\]\n30. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-30)**\n    Andrew Feinberg (June 11, 2025). [\"Trump says Trade War 'deal with China is done' and he and Xi agree on minerals: 'FULL MAGNETS'. China's restrictions on rare earth exports have been putting pressure on American manufacturers who rely on them for a wide range of products\"](https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-china-trade-deal-tariffs-xi-b2768018.html). *The Independent*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250612140100\/https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-china-trade-deal-tariffs-xi-b2768018.html) from the original on June 12, 2025. Retrieved June 13, 2025. \"President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that American and Chinese negotiators in London have struck a deal to avert the trade war he had been stoking against Beijing since returning to office in January. In an early-morning, all-caps post on Truth Social, Trump claimed the deal was \"done\" pending a \"final approval\" by him and Xi Jinping.\"\n31. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-31)**\n    Karson Yiu, David Brennan (June 12, 2025). [\"China appears to downplay US trade deal Trump said was 'done'\"](https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/china-appears-downplay-us-trade-deal-trump\/story?id=122763770). ABC News. Retrieved June 13, 2025.\n32. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-32)**\n    The Editorial Board (June 11, 2025). [\"Trump Has No China Trade Strategy. Washington and Beijing stage a tactical retreat that shows China's leverage\"](https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/china-trade-talks-donald-trump-tariffs-f730f437). *The Wall Street Journal*. 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Graham (May 30, 2025). [\"The TACO Presidency. Wall Street seems to have finally figured out Donald Trump—and it may be too late\"](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/newsletters\/archive\/2025\/05\/taco-donald-trump-wall-street-tariffs\/682994\/). *The Atlantic*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250602171158\/https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/newsletters\/archive\/2025\/05\/taco-donald-trump-wall-street-tariffs\/682994\/) from the original on June 2, 2025. Retrieved June 6, 2025.\n57. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-57)**\n    Rhian Lubin (June 2, 2025). [\"Trump's TACO codename will make him so mad he'll enforce tariffs just to make a point: expert\"](https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-taco-nickname-tariffs-b2762060.html). *[The Independent](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Independent \"The Independent\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250809131805\/https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-taco-nickname-tariffs-b2762060.html) from the original on August 9, 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2025.\n58. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-58)**\n    [*Market Talk: TACO trade 'makes it more likely Trump sticks to tariffs'*](https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/video\/watch\/idRW863402062025RP1\/) (Internet video). [Reuters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reuters \"Reuters\"). June 2, 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2025.\n59. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-59)**\n    [*'TACO Tuesday': Democrats hand out free tacos to troll Trump over tariff jab*](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G6XPZnbr37w) (Internet video). [MSNBC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MSNBC \"MSNBC\"). June 3, 2025. Event occurs at 00:41 min. 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[\"Vance knocks Democrats over taco truck outside GOP building\"](https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5330582-taco-truck-democrats-mock-trump\/). *[The Hill](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hill_\$newspaper\$ \"The Hill (newspaper)\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250814034750\/https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5330582-taco-truck-democrats-mock-trump\/) from the original on August 14, 2025. Retrieved June 3, 2025.\n62. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-62)**\n    Zeeshan Aleem (June 7, 2025). [\"'TACO' is an awful political slogan, and it could backfire for Democrats. There's nothing to be gained from daring Trump to follow through on his most extreme policies\"](https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/taco-trump-meaning-chicken-out-democrats-trade-rcna211055). MSNBC. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250608024456\/https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/taco-trump-meaning-chicken-out-democrats-trade-rcna211055) from the original on June 8, 2025. Retrieved June 8, 2025.\n63. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-63)**\n    [\"Tacos with Trump's face, chickens on his head: Internet explodes with memes on 'Trump Always Chickens Out'\"](https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/global-trends\/tacos-with-trumps-face-chickens-on-his-head-internet-explodes-with-memes-on-trump-always-chickens-out\/articleshow\/121493616.cms). *The Economic Times*. May 29, 2025. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250811005026\/https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/global-trends\/tacos-with-trumps-face-chickens-on-his-head-internet-explodes-with-memes-on-trump-always-chickens-out\/articleshow\/121493616.cms) from the original on August 11, 2025. 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[\"Mängib tulega: Kas Putin vihastas Trumpi päriselt või lõi USA president jälle vedelaks?\"](https:\/\/maailm.postimees.ee\/8258175\/mangib-tulega-kas-putin-vihastas-trumpi-pariselt-voi-loi-usa-president-jalle-vedelaks). *Postimees* (in Estonian). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250601032438\/https:\/\/maailm.postimees.ee\/8258175\/mangib-tulega-kas-putin-vihastas-trumpi-pariselt-voi-loi-usa-president-jalle-vedelaks) from the original on June 1, 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2025.\n70. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-70)**\n    [\"\"Trump se dégonfle toujours\": d'où vient \"Taco\", le surnom de Donald Trump qui l'agace tant?\"](https:\/\/www.leparisien.fr\/international\/etats-unis\/trump-se-degonfle-toujours-dou-vient-taco-le-surnom-de-donald-trump-qui-lagace-tant-30-05-2025-ITAL25WCUBHODNLEABB3OHJBWM.php). *Le Parisien* (in French). May 30, 2025. 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[Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250807095341\/https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1194540\/the-view-elon-musk-exit-donald-trump-taco-nickname-reaction\/) from the original on August 7, 2025. 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reversals](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration \"Tariffs in the second Trump administration\") during the [trade war](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trade_war \"Trade war\") US president [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump\") initiated with [his administration](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump \"Second cabinet of Donald Trump\")'s [\"Liberation Day\" tariffs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberation_Day_tariffs \"Liberation Day tariffs\").[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNBC_2025-05-28-1) The acronym is used to describe Trump's tendency to make tariff threats, only to later delay them as a way to increase time for negotiations and for [markets](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Financial_market \"Financial market\") to rebound.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNBC_2025-05-28-1)[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-nytimes-2) The term is widely used on [Wall Street](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wall_Street \"Wall Street\"), where the **TACO trade** involves buying stocks cheaply after a tariff announcement pushes stocks lower, then selling them at a profit after the tariffs are delayed or reduced and the market rebounds.\n\nBy 2026, the term also came to be used to characterize some of Trump's decisions in the realm of [foreign policy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#Foreign_relations), specifically his reversal of threats to [annex Greenland](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greenland_crisis \"Greenland crisis\"),[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-greenland-3)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-usatoday1-4) and his attempt to find an abrupt exit for the escalating [2026 Iran War](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2026_Iran_War \"2026 Iran War\") as global securites began to fall due to the rise in oil prices.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNNIran-5)\n\nBackground\n\nTrump's tendency to change his mind on policy positions had been described since his [first presidential campaign](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign \"Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign\").[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-6) Before the emergence of the TACO acronym, observers used terms such as backtrack[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-7) and flip-flop.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-8)[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-9)[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-10) Wall Street traders called it the \"Trump [put](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Put_option \"Put option\")\" when, during his first term, he would change a policy if the markets reacted badly to it.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-11)[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-12)\n\nThis tendency continued to be reported in the lead up to,[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-13) and during, [Trump's second presidency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"Second presidency of Donald Trump\"),[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-14)[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-15) with commentators noting specific issues including trade,[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-17)[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-18)[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-19) immigration,[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-20)[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-21) and international relationships.[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-22)\n\nOrigins\n\nThe term \"TACO trade\" was first used by *[Financial Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Financial_Times \"Financial Times\")* journalist Robert Armstrong in a May 2, 2025 [opinion piece](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opinion_piece \"Opinion piece\") that discussed tariffs and their effects on the [US markets](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/US_economy \"US economy\").[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CBS_2025-05-28-23) In the piece, part of a series titled \"Unhedged\", Armstrong said that markets were realizing that \"the US administration does not have a very high tolerance for market and economic pressure, and will be quick to back off when tariffs cause pain\". Armstrong called this \"the Taco theory: Trump Always Chickens Out\".[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-24)[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-:0-25)\n\nExamples\n\nTariffs\n\nKatie Martin of the *Financial Times* gave three examples of \"the Taco factor\" where Trump had reversed a decision in response to the market's reaction: Trump setting high \"[Liberation Day tariffs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberation_Day_tariffs \"Liberation Day tariffs\")\" and pausing them a week later, his calling for the termination of Federal Reserve chair [Jerome Powell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerome_Powell \"Jerome Powell\") before distancing himself from the idea, and the US committing to roll back tariffs against China during trade talks in May.[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-26) Another example is when Trump would delay his 50% tariff proposal affecting [EU](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Union \"European Union\") imports to July 9, this would later cause European markets to [rally](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rally_\$stock_market\$ \"Rally (stock market)\").[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-nytimes-2025-27)[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-reuters-28)\n\n[Shannon Pettypiece](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shannon_Pettypiece \"Shannon Pettypiece\") of [NBC News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC_News \"NBC News\") gave ten examples of Trump having \"threatened, then backtracked on, tariffs\" since taking office, saying that in her view Trump had threatened \"far more\" tariffs than he had imposed.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-29)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/93\/OUR_DEAL_WITH_CHINA.png\/250px-OUR_DEAL_WITH_CHINA.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:OUR_DEAL_WITH_CHINA.png)\n\nA Truth Social post from Donald Trump announcing a reversal of some tariffs against China, seen by analysts as Trump having \"chickened out\"\n\nOn June 11, 2025, Trump posted on [Truth Social](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Truth_Social \"Truth Social\") that he had reached a deal in the [US's trade war with China](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war#2025 \"China–United States trade war\").[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-30) [ABC News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ABC_News_\$United_States\$ \"ABC News (United States)\") noted that a Chinese spokesperson said it was a \"framework\" to consolidate the agreements reached in May, and that the talks represented the \"first meeting\". Secretary of Commerce [Howard Lutnick](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howard_Lutnick \"Howard Lutnick\") referred to the agreement as a \"handshake for a framework\".[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-31) *[The Wall Street Journal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wall_Street_Journal \"The Wall Street Journal\")* published an editorial criticizing the deal, calling it a \"truce that tilts in China's direction\" by appearing to be \"resetting their trade relationship to where it was a few months ago before a tit-for-tat escalation\".[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-32)[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-33) [Fareed Zakaria](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Zakaria \"Fareed Zakaria\") of *[The Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post \"The Washington Post\")* saw the vague trade deal as an example of \"TACO\", except for \"one twist\", that Americans \"will still pay a tariff rate of 55 percent on goods from China (compared to China's 10 percent tariff on American goods)\".[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-34) On July 8, 2025, Trump again announced a delay in implementing tariffs against 14 countries, pushing back the deadline for negotiations from July 9 to August 1.[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-35) [Bloomberg](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloomberg_News \"Bloomberg News\") reported that Trump has softened his hardline tone on China to ensure a summit with [General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party \"General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party\") [Xi Jinping](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xi_Jinping \"Xi Jinping\"), aiming to push for a trade agreement between America and China.[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-36)\n\nForeign relations\n\n[Gideon Rachman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gideon_Rachman \"Gideon Rachman\") of the *Financial Times* wrote that \"Trump always chickens out on foreign policy too,\" citing a paper by [Jeremy Shapiro](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeremy_Shapiro \"Jeremy Shapiro\") of the [European Council on Foreign Relations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Council_on_Foreign_Relations \"European Council on Foreign Relations\") that found that Trump had threatened the use of force against foreign adversaries on 22 occasions (as of early 2025), but actually did so on only two occasions.[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-Rachman2025-37) For example, during his first term, Trump threatened \"fire and fury\" against [North Korea](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea \"North Korea\") and threatened to wipe [Afghanistan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan \"Afghanistan\") \"off the face of the earth\" within ten days; Trump followed through in neither case, instead entering failed negotiations with North Korea [over its nuclear program](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korean_nuclear_program \"North Korean nuclear program\") and entering into an [agreement for a US withdrawal from Afghanistan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States%E2%80%93Taliban_deal \"United States–Taliban deal\") without any meaningful concessions from the [Taliban](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taliban \"Taliban\") in return.[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-Rachman2025-37)\n\nThe term was widely used to describe Trump's 2025 reversal of his threats to [annex Greenland](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greenland_crisis \"Greenland crisis\").[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-greenland-3)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-usatoday1-4)[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-38)\n\nFollowing the [2026 Iran protests](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2026_Iran_protests \"2026 Iran protests\"), after Trump threatened the Iranian leadership with military intervention,[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-39) TACO was used by commentators to describe Trump's actions when they did not materialize at the time.[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-40) As the subsequent [2026 Iran war](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2026_Iran_war \"2026 Iran war\") began to impact global oil and securities markets, analysts assessed that Trump's attempt to TACO out of the conflict might not be feasible as Iran did not seem willing to compromise, showing the limits of threats followed by a U-turn.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNNIran-5)[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-41)[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-p918-42)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/68\/Meeting_between_Ursula_von_der_Leyen%2C_President_of_the_EC%2C_and_Donald_Trump%2C_President_of_the_United_States_-_2025_%283%29.jpg\/250px-Meeting_between_Ursula_von_der_Leyen%2C_President_of_the_EC%2C_and_Donald_Trump%2C_President_of_the_United_States_-_2025_%283%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Meeting_between_Ursula_von_der_Leyen,_President_of_the_EC,_and_Donald_Trump,_President_of_the_United_States_-_2025_\$3\$.jpg)\n\nThe [European Union](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Union \"European Union\") has been criticized for \"chickening out\" to the US on trade retaliations against it. (Trump meeting with [Ursula von der Leyen](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ursula_von_der_Leyen \"Ursula von der Leyen\") pictured.)\n\nA variant of \"TACO\" called \"**EACO**\" (Europe Always Chickens Out)[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-affairs-43)[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-guns-44)\\> or \"**EUCO**\" has been applied to the [European Union](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Union \"European Union\") as well during trade negotiations with the US since his global trade war.[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-euco-45) Criticized as a process of [appeasement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Appeasement \"Appeasement\"), the EU avoided using its so-called \"anti-coercion mechanisms\" in retaliation for Trump's tariffs and instead attempted to negotiate a deal with the US with the tariffs applied. The EU's appeasement process stems from fears that Trump would withdraw military defense from Europe, especially in regard to the [Russo-Ukrainian War](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russo-Ukrainian_War \"Russo-Ukrainian War\").[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-46) As a result, it repeatedly delayed counter-tariff packages meant to target specific imported goods from the US.[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-euco-45)[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-guns-44)\n\nThe United States has been noted to be able to exploit the EU's dependence on it, especially due to the internal divisions and lack of strategy from the EU.[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-affairs-43) Of note was that the EU officials previously refused to accept 10% tariffs on exported goods to the US. The EU later agreed to a trade deal in which most of its exported goods to the US would be subjected to 15% tariffs in exchange for no tariffs applied to US goods. Critics have argued that the EU under the [European Commission](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Commission \"European Commission\") president [Ursula von der Leyen](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ursula_von_der_Leyen \"Ursula von der Leyen\") surrendered to the US, with John O'Brien of *[Irish Examiner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Examiner \"Irish Examiner\")* arguing that it showed weakness and refused to accept short term pain for long term benefits.[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-euco-45)[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-47) Lionel Laurent of *[Bloomberg News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloomberg_News \"Bloomberg News\")* described the uneven trade deal as a threat towards the EU's already weak economic growth and remarked that \"\\[m\\]aybe it isn't Trump who always chickens out.\"[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-48)\n\nReactions\n\nIn politics and economy\n\nDonald Trump was asked by Megan Cassella, a [CNBC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNBC \"CNBC\") Correspondent, what he thought about the term on May 28, 2025, during a swearing-in ceremony for the acting attorney general. He denied the behavior, saying \"it's called negotiation\". He called the question a \"nasty question\", adding \"I usually have the opposite problem. They say I am too tough\".[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CBS_2025-05-28-23)[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-49) According to [CNN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN \"CNN\"), Trump had not yet heard the term, and he first understood that Cassella was calling him a [chicken](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicken \"Chicken\").[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-50)\n\n[Lawrence O'Donnell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lawrence_O%27Donnell \"Lawrence O'Donnell\") pointed out Trump's policies and actions that, in his opinion, will be reversed by the courts, but which, together with the reversals Trump himself has done, characterize him as an ineffective president since everybody is increasingly aware that he will back down, giving rise to the acronym TACO, while the [tariff war](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration \"Tariffs in the second Trump administration\") keeps hurting American businesses.[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-51) *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")* quoted analysts Salomon Fiedler of [Berenberg Bank](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berenberg_Bank \"Berenberg Bank\"), [Paul Donovan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Donovan_\$economist\$ \"Paul Donovan (economist)\") of [UBS Wealth Management](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UBS \"UBS\"), and Chris Beauchamp of [IG Group](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IG_Group \"IG Group\"), saying that Trump's tariff threats don't last.[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-nytimes-2025-27)\n\nOn May 28, 2025, the [United States Court of International Trade](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Court_of_International_Trade \"United States Court of International Trade\") (CIT) [ruled](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration#Legality \"Tariffs in the second Trump administration\") that Trump had overreached his authority under the [International Emergency Economic Powers Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Emergency_Economic_Powers_Act \"International Emergency Economic Powers Act\") (IEEPA) and vacated all tariffs related to it. This prompted California Governor [Gavin Newsom](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gavin_Newsom \"Gavin Newsom\") to comment, \"It's raining tacos today.\"[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-52)[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-53) [Reuters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reuters \"Reuters\") published a note about acronyms popular among investors four months into Trump's second term: [YOLO](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/YOLO_\$aphorism\$ \"YOLO (aphorism)\"), TACO, MEGA, MAGA (Make America Go Away), and FAFO. When reached for comment, White House spokesman Kush Desai said in an email, \"these asinine acronyms convey how unserious analysts have consistently beclowned themselves by mocking President Trump and his agenda that've already delivered multiple expectation-beating jobs and inflation reports, trillions in investment commitments, a historic UK trade agreement, and rising consumer confidence.\"[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-54)\n\nIn an interview with Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC on May 30, economist [Justin Wolfers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Justin_Wolfers \"Justin Wolfers\") coined additional acronyms about Trump's actions themed on Mexican food: [Burrito](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burrito \"Burrito\") – the \"Blatantly Unconstitutional Rewriting of the Rules of International Trade, Obviously\". He said that the correct response would be to invoke [Churro](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Churro \"Churro\") – the \"Courts Have Ultimate Responsibility to Restore Order\".[\\[55\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-55)\n\nDavid A. Graham, writing for *[The Atlantic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Atlantic \"The Atlantic\")*, recalled his own 2018 analysis of Trump's \"pattern of nearly always folding\" on international politics during his [first term](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"First presidency of Donald Trump\"), pointing out that Wall Street is just \"catching on,\" and given that now Trump knows about the TACO trade expression it could mean that he may make bad choices and persist on them, causing the markets to tank.[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-56) In an interview for [Reuters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reuters \"Reuters\"), in the context of Trump's May 30 announcement of [increased tariffs on steel and aluminum](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration#Steel_and_aluminum_tariffs \"Tariffs in the second Trump administration\"), Joachim Klement, head of strategy at the investment bank [Panmure Liberum](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panmure_Gordon \"Panmure Gordon\") said, \"We think that, unfortunately, as the so-called TACO trade becomes more viral, it becomes more likely that Trump will stick to higher tariffs just to prove a point.\"[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-57)[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-58)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c2\/No_Kings_protest_in_Chicago_120218_%28TACO_crop%29.jpg\/250px-No_Kings_protest_in_Chicago_120218_%28TACO_crop%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:No_Kings_protest_in_Chicago_120218_\$TACO_crop\$.jpg)\n\n[No Kings protester](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_2025_No_Kings_protests \"June 2025 No Kings protests\") in Chicago holding a sign saying \"Trump Always Chickens Out\"\n\nOn June 3, 2025, a [Tuesday](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taco_Tuesday \"Taco Tuesday\"), the [Democratic National Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_National_Committee \"Democratic National Committee\") parked a rented [taco truck](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Food_truck \"Food truck\"), customized with images of Trump wearing a chicken costume, outside the [Republican National Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_National_Committee \"Republican National Committee\") headquarters, and distributed free [tacos](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taco \"Taco\") to passers-by \"as an effective way to draw attention to Trump's tariff policies, which they described as \"playing games with working families' livelihoods.\"[\\[59\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-59)[\\[60\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-60) Vice President [JD Vance](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JD_Vance \"JD Vance\") criticized the opposition party as \"lame,\" to which the DNC answered calling him \"the cringiest VP in American history,\" and mentioning that the [One Big Beautiful Bill Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/One_Big_Beautiful_Bill_Act \"One Big Beautiful Bill Act\") is likely to \"take away food from people.\" [\\[61\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-61)\n\nZeeshan Aleem, writing for [MSNBC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MSNBC \"MSNBC\"), criticized Democrats using TACO as a political slogan because it is inexact, as Trump was (as of June 2025) maintaining both baseline and specific tariffs. Also, because \"Why on Earth would Democrats dare Trump to *follow through* on his most extreme tariff threats?\" Aleem quotes Robert Armstrong lamenting the impact of his creation: \"Let us state clearly, chickening out is good and something to be celebrated. Bad policy chickening out, hooray.\" Finally, because if the Democrats' message is that Trump is a threat to democracy, \"it's a bit odd to simultaneously argue that Trump is all talk and no action.\"[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-62)\n\nIn the media\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/ab\/Trump_TACO_meme.jpg\/250px-Trump_TACO_meme.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Trump_TACO_meme.jpg)\n\nAn AI-generated image of Donald Trump dressed as a chicken and holding tacos\n\nAlmost immediately after Trump's response, the term started a trend of memes about Trump referencing the TACO acronym or the phrase directly. The memes often employed [generative AI](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Generative_artificial_intelligence \"Generative artificial intelligence\") to produce artificial images and video of Trump in situations parodying the viral term.[\\[63\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-63)[\\[64\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-64) [Editorial cartoons](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Editorial_cartoons \"Editorial cartoons\") parodied Trump's reaction to the term, frequently utilizing [puns](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pun \"Pun\") and exaggerated caricatures of [Putin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vladimir_Putin \"Vladimir Putin\") and Trump.[\\[65\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-theweek-65)\n\nThe term has been widely reported in the international press,[\\[66\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-66)[\\[67\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-67)[\\[68\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-68) with the phrase translated into Estonian (*Trump lööb alati vedelaks*),[\\[69\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-69) French (*Trump se dégonfle toujours*),[\\[70\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-70) German (*Trump macht immer einen Rückzieher*),[\\[71\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-71) Norwegian (*Trump trekker seg alltid*),[\\[72\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-72) Slovene (*Trump se vedno ustraši*),[\\[73\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-73) Spanish (*Trump siempre se acobarda*),[\\[74\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-74) Brazilian Portuguese (*Trump sempre amarela*),[\\[75\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-75) and other languages.\n\n*[The View](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_View \"The View\")* hosts [Whoopi Goldberg](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whoopi_Goldberg \"Whoopi Goldberg\"), [Joy Behar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joy_Behar \"Joy Behar\") and [Ana Navarro](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ana_Navarro \"Ana Navarro\") praised the TACO phrase on their show. Navarro's analysis and discussion of the nickname with other cohosts included why they suspected the name gained traction and what led to the name's popularity, stating \"For a nickname to be effective, there's got to be truth to it, which this has: His trade policy is all over the place \\[...\\] And it's got to get under the person's skin, which it clearly did\". Host [Sara Haines](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sara_Haines \"Sara Haines\") noted Trump's common use of insulting [nicknames for public figures he dislikes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump \"List of nicknames used by Donald Trump\"). Navarro also likened the trending nickname to \"karma\" for Trump's previous actions relating to Mexico in the beginning of his second term, including [banning](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Associated_Press_v._Budowich \"Associated Press v. Budowich\") the [Associated Press](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Associated_Press \"Associated Press\") from White House press events due to their refusal to refer to the [Gulf of Mexico as the \"Gulf of America\"](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Mexico_naming_controversy \"Gulf of Mexico naming controversy\").[\\[76\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-76)\n\nSee also\n\n- [China's final warning](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China%27s_final_warning \"China's final warning\") – A joke of similar vein in [Soviet](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet \"Soviet\") and now popular [Russian](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russia \"Russia\") discourse poking fun at incessant \"final\" threats which never come to fruition.\n- [False or misleading statements by Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump#\"Two_weeks\" \"False or misleading statements by Donald Trump\") – Information about other contexts in which Trump has set and broken deadlines, that have also influenced the TACO acronym.\n\nReferences\n\n1. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CNBC_2025-05-28_1-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CNBC_2025-05-28_1-1)\n   Breuninger, Kevin (May 28, 2025). [\"Trump says he's not 'chickening out' on trade: 'It's called negotiation'\"](https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/05\/28\/trump-tariffs-taco-trade-chickening-out.html). CNBC. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250822162126\/https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/05\/28\/trump-tariffs-taco-trade-chickening-out.html) from the original on August 22, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025.\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-nytimes_2-0)**\n   Bigg, Matthew (May 29, 2025). [\"Asked about 'TACO' and Tariffs, Trump Lashes Out at Reporter\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/29\/us\/politics\/trump-taco-trade-question.html). *The New York Times*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250812180734\/https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/29\/us\/politics\/trump-taco-trade-question.html) from the original on August 12, 2025. 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Retrieved January 22, 2026.\n5. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CNNIran_5-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CNNIran_5-1)\n   Collinson, Stephen (March 24, 2026). [\"Why Trump may not be able to TACO in Iran — even if he wants to\"](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/24\/politics\/trump-iran-war-taco-straight-of-hormuz-analysis). *[CNN News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN_News \"CNN News\")*. Retrieved March 25, 2026.\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-6)**\n   Timm, Jane C. (July 26, 2016). [\"The 141 Stances Donald Trump Took During His White House Bid. To understand and track Trump's views, we've compiled a list of his past and present positions on issues since he announced his candidacy\"](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2016-election\/full-list-donald-trump-s-rapidly-changing-policy-positions-n547801). [NBC News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC_News \"NBC News\"). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160706201058\/http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2016-election\/full-list-donald-trump-s-rapidly-changing-policy-positions-n547801) from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"\\[Updated November 28, 2016\\] President-Elect Donald Trump took 141 distinct stances on 23 major issues during his bid for the White House. \\[Subjects are:\\] Immigration. Young undocumented immigrants and children of illegal immigrants. Proposed Muslim ban. Visas for high-skilled workers. Border control and the refugee crisis. Defeating ISIS. Guns. 'First use' and nuclear arms. Minimum wage. Taxes. Climate change. National debt. Abortion. Whether President Obama was born in America. Voting for the Iraq War. 2011 intervention in Libya. Japan and nukes. Money in politics. Violating U.S. and international laws with regard to torture, terrorism. Ku Klux Klan and David Duke. The Iran nuclear deal. Health Care. Rigged election\/Political system. Accepting the outcome of the election.\"\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-7)**\n   Bennet, John T. (April 8, 2019). [\"Trump's double backtrack 'probably won't matter very much.' Teflon president not likely to pay any political price for health care, border retreats\"](https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2019\/04\/08\/trumps-double-backtrack-probably-wont-matter-very-much\/). [Roll Call](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roll_Call \"Roll Call\"). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250621232355\/https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2019\/04\/08\/trumps-double-backtrack-probably-wont-matter-very-much\/) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"Donald Trump irked even his fellow Republicans last week with his health care and border closure pushes, only to back off both, capping one of the most turbulent weeks of his chaotic presidency. But it's unlikely to hinder his re-election fight.\"\n8. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-8)**\n   Diamond, Jeremy (April 1, 2016). [\"Abortion and 10 other Donald Trump flip-flops\"](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2016\/03\/31\/politics\/donald-trump-positions-flip-flops). [CNN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN \"CNN\"). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250708222213\/https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2016\/03\/31\/politics\/donald-trump-positions-flip-flops) from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"(...) But Trump's flip-flop on Wednesday was just the most recent one. Here are 10 examples: Nuclear proliferation. The Iraq War. Afghanistan War. Abortion. Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Torture. Immigration. Gun control. Muslim ban. Hillary Clinton.\"\n9. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-9)**\n   Timm, Jane C. (November 19, 2016). [\"Tracking President Trump's Flip-Flops. NBC News is tracking Trump's new policy pronouncements. Here are the issues that he's flip-flopped on\"](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/president-trumps-first-100-days\/here-are-new-policy-stances-donald-trump-has-taken-election-n684946). [NBC News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC_News \"NBC News\"). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250621232356\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/president-trumps-first-100-days\/here-are-new-policy-stances-donald-trump-has-taken-election-n684946) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"(...) Overall, Trump has taken 32 new stances on 13 different issues since his election. The president's shifting agenda has established him as one of the most unpredictable American leaders in modern history. (...) In order to better understand the president, we've tracked Trump's new policy pronouncements and flip flops on big issues from Election Day forward. FBI Director James Comey's Performance and Firing. Health Care. Immigration Reform, Enforcement. Entitlement Programs. LGBTQ Rights. NATO. Intervention in Syria. Special Interests in Government, \"Drain the Swamp.\" China. Low Interest Rates. Removing Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair. Export-Import Bank. Golfing While President.\"\n10. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-10)**\n    Catanese, David (April 13, 2017). [\"Donald Trump's 10 Flip-Flops. The president calls himself 'flexible' but these moves make Gumby look rigid\"](https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national-news\/slideshows\/donald-trumps-10-flip-flops). *[U.S. News & World Report](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._News_%26_World_Report \"U.S. News & World Report\")*. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"From ordering the bombing of Syria to distancing himself from adviser Steve Bannon, to softening his rhetoric on China, Trump is on a record-setting pace for changing his mind. His penchant for sudden U-turns has become a defining characteristic of what's been a chaotic, improvisational White House.\"\n11. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-11)**\n    Peck, Emily (May 29, 2025). [\"Trump \"TACO\" trade: How a columnist's catchphrase caused an Oval Office scene\"](https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/29\/trump-taco-trade-tariffs). *Axios*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250716082902\/https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/29\/trump-taco-trade-tariffs) from the original on July 16, 2025. Retrieved July 21, 2025.\n12. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-12)**\n    Berkowitz, Ben (April 9, 2025). [\"The \"Trump put\" wasn't dead, it was just resting\"](https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/09\/trump-put-stocks-bonds). *Axios*.\n13. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-13)**\n    Astor, Maggie; Levien, Simon J. (September 10, 2024). [\"'Flip-Flop' or Evolution: Trump and Harris and Their Reversals on Issues\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/10\/us\/politics\/harris-trump-flip-flops.html). *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240911155135\/https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/10\/us\/politics\/harris-trump-flip-flops.html\/) from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"As former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in their debate Tuesday night, one likely area of contention will be their mutual accusations of flip-flopping — a charge that politicians have long deployed to portray their opponents as lacking principle. It is true that both have changed some of their policy positions, as politicians often do — whether for political expediency or because their thinking has evolved with new information. But while Ms. Harris has moderated a number of progressive stances she took in the 2020 Democratic primary, Mr. Trump has reversed himself entirely, gone back and forth or avoided taking clear stands on a host of important issues.\"\n14. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-14)**\n    Nicholas, Peter (April 14, 2025). [\"Chaos, confusion and reversals: The story of Trump's second term so far. President Donald Trump has moved quickly on his far-reaching agenda, but his administration has frequently changed both its messaging and its course\"](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/chaos-confusion-reversals-trump-second-term-rcna200649). [NBC News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC_News \"NBC News\"). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250621232358\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/chaos-confusion-reversals-trump-second-term-rcna200649) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"The president is in a hurry. Executive orders, tariffs, mass firings — all are happening at a speed that has made it hard for the nation to keep up. And tough for Trump to carry out. The chaotic start of his presidency has been characterized by a rash of reversals and retreats as he hastens to execute his agenda while his party controls both houses of Congress and his political capital is at its peak.\"\n15. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-15)**\n    Smith-Schoenwalder, Cecelia (May 1, 2025). [\"Full Speed, Then Reverse: Trump's Biggest U-Turns in His First 100 Days. From flip-flopping tariffs to federal layoffs among critical programs, here are the biggest reversals of Trump's second term so far\"](https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national-news\/articles\/trumps-biggest-policy-reversals-so-far). *[U.S. News & World Report](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._News_%26_World_Report \"U.S. News & World Report\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250621232355\/https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national-news\/articles\/trumps-biggest-policy-reversals-so-far) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"President Donald Trump hit the ground running for his second term in the Oval Office, issuing a flurry of executive orders and policy shifts at breakneck speed. Some came so fast, in fact, they barely had time to take effect before being reversed.\"\n16. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-16)**\n    Minsberg, Talya (March 13, 2025). [\"A Timeline of Trump's On-Again, Off-Again Tariffs. President Trump's penchant for imposing and then suspending tariffs has shaken markets and confounded trading partners\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/13\/business\/economy\/trump-tariff-timeline.html). *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")*. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"\\[Updated on June 4, 2025\\]\"\n17. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-17)**\n    Erb, Jordan (March 3, 2025). [\"Trump's Tariff Flip-Flops Help Send Stocks Lower\"](https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2025-03-06\/trump-s-tariff-flip-flops-help-send-stocks-down-again). [Bloomberg News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloomberg_News \"Bloomberg News\"). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250314002516\/https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2025-03-06\/trump-s-tariff-flip-flops-help-send-stocks-down-again) from the original on March 14, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"On Thursday, Donald Trump signed a few more executive orders. Among the scores he's churned out since taking office, these were unique, since they partially reversed orders from just two days ago. It was the latest backpedal by the White House in the face of furious fallout both at home and abroad to his 25% sanctions against Canada and Mexico.\"\n18. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-18)**\n    Salmon, Felix; Basu, Zachary (March 7, 2025). [\"Trump's rug-pull presidency\"](https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/07\/trump-policy-tariffs-flip-flop). *[Axios](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axios_\$website\$ \"Axios (website)\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250416172039\/https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/07\/trump-policy-tariffs-flip-flop) from the original on April 16, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"Donald Trump is building a reputation for himself as the flip-flopper in chief — the president who, after announcing a bold new policy today, is more than likely to reverse it tomorrow. Why it matters: In a chaotic and unpredictable world, the federal government normally acts as a stabilizing force. Under Trump, it has become the primary driver of the chaos. The big picture: Across-the-board tariffs on Mexico and Canada — two of America's three largest trading partners — have been on and then off and then on and then off. Colombia knows the feeling.\"\n19. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-19)**\n    Jones, Callum (May 10, 2025). [\"Whiplash reversals mean Trump's erratic trade policy is as clear as mud. The specifics of the administration's economic masterplan – from strollers to movies to China – change by the day\"](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/may\/10\/trump-tariffs-trade-policy-reversals). *[The Guardian](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Guardian \"The Guardian\")*. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"The US president declared this week to be a key milestone of his second term, as he unveiled his first major trade deal since returning to office following accelerated talks with the UK. But it came as Trump's position, on everything from tariffs on strollers and movies to whether his administration even wants to strike such global deals, appeared to shift by the hour. Firms across the world have been trying to come to terms with the rapid rate of presidential kneejerks: where policies can be announced, adjusted and shelved as quickly as the leader of the free world can publish a social media post.\"\n20. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-20)**\n    McGraw, Meridith; Wren, Adam; Allison, Natalie; Cancryn, Adam (June 22, 2024). [\"Trump keeps flip-flopping his policy positions after meeting with rich people. Top CEOs were seen nodding their heads when Trump talked about finding ways to keep American-educated talent at home\"](https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/06\/22\/trump-policy-flip-flop-00164538). *[Politico](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politico \"Politico\")*. 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Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"One of the many problems with the policy surrounding Donald Trump's trade tariffs is there doesn't appear to be much of a policy. The president certainly makes all kinds of announcements, but in literally dozens of instances, they're followed by revised announcements and reversals. On an international scale, no one — business owners, consumers, investors, foreign officials, et al. — seems to have any idea what to expect from the White House, and for good reason: The entire agenda is an erratic mess, shaped by an unpredictable and inexperienced politician with a limited understanding of the underlying dynamics.\"\n22. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-22)**\n    Lilley, Ben Mathis (June 17, 2025). [\"Who Is in Charge of the Government? And does he know what his own positions are?\"](https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2025\/06\/donald-trump-reversal-iran-ice-raids.html). *[Slate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slate_\$magazine\$ \"Slate (magazine)\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250620065200\/https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2025\/06\/donald-trump-reversal-iran-ice-raids.html) from the original on June 20, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. \"Two stories in the news this week raise the question of who is currently in charge of the world's most powerful country, the United States. First, there's the Wall Street Journal piece about how the US government does not believe Israel's claim that Iran is moving forward with an attempt to build a nuclear weapon (...) In a similar vein, there is the Washington Post's new report that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have told agents to 'continue conducting immigration raids at agricultural businesses, hotels and restaurants.' This reverses a directive not to target those venues that was itself issued last week, after Trump posted on his Truth Social site that ICE would back off farms and hotels because 'very good, long time workers' were being detained. Compounding the confusion, the (new) Post report notes that the directive that was issued because of Trump's post has been overruled because 'the White House did not support it.' Who runs the White House? I thought it was the president\\!\"\n23. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CBS_2025-05-28_23-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CBS_2025-05-28_23-1)\n    Picchi, Aimee (May 28, 2025). [\"Trump was asked about the \"TACO\" trade and called it a \"nasty question.\" Here's what it means\"](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-taco-trade-trump-always-chickens-out-what-it-means\/). CBS News. 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[\"Trump says Trade War 'deal with China is done' and he and Xi agree on minerals: 'FULL MAGNETS'. China's restrictions on rare earth exports have been putting pressure on American manufacturers who rely on them for a wide range of products\"](https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-china-trade-deal-tariffs-xi-b2768018.html). *The Independent*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250612140100\/https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-china-trade-deal-tariffs-xi-b2768018.html) from the original on June 12, 2025. Retrieved June 13, 2025. \"President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that American and Chinese negotiators in London have struck a deal to avert the trade war he had been stoking against Beijing since returning to office in January. In an early-morning, all-caps post on Truth Social, Trump claimed the deal was \"done\" pending a \"final approval\" by him and Xi Jinping.\"\n31. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-31)**\n    Karson Yiu, David Brennan (June 12, 2025). [\"China appears to downplay US trade deal Trump said was 'done'\"](https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/china-appears-downplay-us-trade-deal-trump\/story?id=122763770). ABC News. Retrieved June 13, 2025.\n32. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-32)**\n    The Editorial Board (June 11, 2025). [\"Trump Has No China Trade Strategy. Washington and Beijing stage a tactical retreat that shows China's leverage\"](https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/china-trade-talks-donald-trump-tariffs-f730f437). *The Wall Street Journal*. 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[\"Mängib tulega: Kas Putin vihastas Trumpi päriselt või lõi USA president jälle vedelaks?\"](https:\/\/maailm.postimees.ee\/8258175\/mangib-tulega-kas-putin-vihastas-trumpi-pariselt-voi-loi-usa-president-jalle-vedelaks). *Postimees* (in Estonian). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250601032438\/https:\/\/maailm.postimees.ee\/8258175\/mangib-tulega-kas-putin-vihastas-trumpi-pariselt-voi-loi-usa-president-jalle-vedelaks) from the original on June 1, 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2025.\n70. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-70)**\n    [\"\"Trump se dégonfle toujours\": d'où vient \"Taco\", le surnom de Donald Trump qui l'agace tant?\"](https:\/\/www.leparisien.fr\/international\/etats-unis\/trump-se-degonfle-toujours-dou-vient-taco-le-surnom-de-donald-trump-qui-lagace-tant-30-05-2025-ITAL25WCUBHODNLEABB3OHJBWM.php). *Le Parisien* (in French). May 30, 2025. 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Boilerpipe Text	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Trump Always Chickens Out ( TACO ) is a term that gained prominence in May 2025 after many threats and reversals during the trade war US president Donald Trump initiated with his administration 's "Liberation Day" tariffs . [ 1 ] The acronym is used to describe Trump's tendency to make tariff threats, only to later delay them as a way to increase time for negotiations and for markets to rebound. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term is widely used on Wall Street , where the TACO trade involves buying stocks cheaply after a tariff announcement pushes stocks lower, then selling them at a profit after the tariffs are delayed or reduced and the market rebounds. By 2026, the term also came to be used to characterize some of Trump's decisions in the realm of foreign policy , specifically his reversal of threats to annex Greenland , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and his attempt to find an abrupt exit for the escalating 2026 Iran War as global securites began to fall due to the rise in oil prices. [ 5 ] Background Trump's tendency to change his mind on policy positions had been described since his first presidential campaign . [ 6 ] Before the emergence of the TACO acronym, observers used terms such as backtrack [ 7 ] and flip-flop. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Wall Street traders called it the "Trump put " when, during his first term, he would change a policy if the markets reacted badly to it. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] This tendency continued to be reported in the lead up to, [ 13 ] and during, Trump's second presidency , [ 14 ] [ 15 ] with commentators noting specific issues including trade, [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] immigration, [ 20 ] [ 21 ] and international relationships. [ 22 ] Origins The term "TACO trade" was first used by Financial Times journalist Robert Armstrong in a May 2, 2025 opinion piece that discussed tariffs and their effects on the US markets . [ 23 ] In the piece, part of a series titled "Unhedged", Armstrong said that markets were realizing that "the US administration does not have a very high tolerance for market and economic pressure, and will be quick to back off when tariffs cause pain". Armstrong called this "the Taco theory: Trump Always Chickens Out". [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Examples Tariffs Katie Martin of the Financial Times gave three examples of "the Taco factor" where Trump had reversed a decision in response to the market's reaction: Trump setting high " Liberation Day tariffs " and pausing them a week later, his calling for the termination of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell before distancing himself from the idea, and the US committing to roll back tariffs against China during trade talks in May. [ 26 ] Another example is when Trump would delay his 50% tariff proposal affecting EU imports to July 9, this would later cause European markets to rally . [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Shannon Pettypiece of NBC News gave ten examples of Trump having "threatened, then backtracked on, tariffs" since taking office, saying that in her view Trump had threatened "far more" tariffs than he had imposed. [ 29 ] A Truth Social post from Donald Trump announcing a reversal of some tariffs against China, seen by analysts as Trump having "chickened out" On June 11, 2025, Trump posted on Truth Social that he had reached a deal in the US's trade war with China . [ 30 ] ABC News noted that a Chinese spokesperson said it was a "framework" to consolidate the agreements reached in May, and that the talks represented the "first meeting". Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick referred to the agreement as a "handshake for a framework". [ 31 ] The Wall Street Journal published an editorial criticizing the deal, calling it a "truce that tilts in China's direction" by appearing to be "resetting their trade relationship to where it was a few months ago before a tit-for-tat escalation". [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Fareed Zakaria of The Washington Post saw the vague trade deal as an example of "TACO", except for "one twist", that Americans "will still pay a tariff rate of 55 percent on goods from China (compared to China's 10 percent tariff on American goods)". [ 34 ] On July 8, 2025, Trump again announced a delay in implementing tariffs against 14 countries, pushing back the deadline for negotiations from July 9 to August 1. [ 35 ] Bloomberg reported that Trump has softened his hardline tone on China to ensure a summit with General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping , aiming to push for a trade agreement between America and China. [ 36 ] Foreign relations Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times wrote that "Trump always chickens out on foreign policy too," citing a paper by Jeremy Shapiro of the European Council on Foreign Relations that found that Trump had threatened the use of force against foreign adversaries on 22 occasions (as of early 2025), but actually did so on only two occasions. [ 37 ] For example, during his first term, Trump threatened "fire and fury" against North Korea and threatened to wipe Afghanistan "off the face of the earth" within ten days; Trump followed through in neither case, instead entering failed negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear program and entering into an agreement for a US withdrawal from Afghanistan without any meaningful concessions from the Taliban in return. [ 37 ] The term was widely used to describe Trump's 2025 reversal of his threats to annex Greenland . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 38 ] Following the 2026 Iran protests , after Trump threatened the Iranian leadership with military intervention, [ 39 ] TACO was used by commentators to describe Trump's actions when they did not materialize at the time. [ 40 ] As the subsequent 2026 Iran war began to impact global oil and securities markets, analysts assessed that Trump's attempt to TACO out of the conflict might not be feasible as Iran did not seem willing to compromise, showing the limits of threats followed by a U-turn. [ 5 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] The European Union has been criticized for "chickening out" to the US on trade retaliations against it. (Trump meeting with Ursula von der Leyen pictured.) A variant of "TACO" called " EACO " (Europe Always Chickens Out) [ 43 ] [ 44 ] > or " EUCO " has been applied to the European Union as well during trade negotiations with the US since his global trade war. [ 45 ] Criticized as a process of appeasement , the EU avoided using its so-called "anti-coercion mechanisms" in retaliation for Trump's tariffs and instead attempted to negotiate a deal with the US with the tariffs applied. The EU's appeasement process stems from fears that Trump would withdraw military defense from Europe, especially in regard to the Russo-Ukrainian War . [ 46 ] As a result, it repeatedly delayed counter-tariff packages meant to target specific imported goods from the US. [ 45 ] [ 44 ] The United States has been noted to be able to exploit the EU's dependence on it, especially due to the internal divisions and lack of strategy from the EU. [ 43 ] Of note was that the EU officials previously refused to accept 10% tariffs on exported goods to the US. The EU later agreed to a trade deal in which most of its exported goods to the US would be subjected to 15% tariffs in exchange for no tariffs applied to US goods. Critics have argued that the EU under the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen surrendered to the US, with John O'Brien of Irish Examiner arguing that it showed weakness and refused to accept short term pain for long term benefits. [ 45 ] [ 47 ] Lionel Laurent of Bloomberg News described the uneven trade deal as a threat towards the EU's already weak economic growth and remarked that "[m]aybe it isn't Trump who always chickens out." [ 48 ] Reactions In politics and economy Donald Trump was asked by Megan Cassella, a CNBC Correspondent, what he thought about the term on May 28, 2025, during a swearing-in ceremony for the acting attorney general. He denied the behavior, saying "it's called negotiation". He called the question a "nasty question", adding "I usually have the opposite problem. They say I am too tough". [ 23 ] [ 49 ] According to CNN , Trump had not yet heard the term, and he first understood that Cassella was calling him a chicken . [ 50 ] Lawrence O'Donnell pointed out Trump's policies and actions that, in his opinion, will be reversed by the courts, but which, together with the reversals Trump himself has done, characterize him as an ineffective president since everybody is increasingly aware that he will back down, giving rise to the acronym TACO, while the tariff war keeps hurting American businesses. [ 51 ] The New York Times quoted analysts Salomon Fiedler of Berenberg Bank , Paul Donovan of UBS Wealth Management , and Chris Beauchamp of IG Group , saying that Trump's tariff threats don't last. [ 27 ] On May 28, 2025, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that Trump had overreached his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and vacated all tariffs related to it. This prompted California Governor Gavin Newsom to comment, "It's raining tacos today." [ 52 ] [ 53 ] Reuters published a note about acronyms popular among investors four months into Trump's second term: YOLO , TACO, MEGA, MAGA (Make America Go Away), and FAFO. When reached for comment, White House spokesman Kush Desai said in an email, "these asinine acronyms convey how unserious analysts have consistently beclowned themselves by mocking President Trump and his agenda that've already delivered multiple expectation-beating jobs and inflation reports, trillions in investment commitments, a historic UK trade agreement, and rising consumer confidence." [ 54 ] In an interview with Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC on May 30, economist Justin Wolfers coined additional acronyms about Trump's actions themed on Mexican food: Burrito – the "Blatantly Unconstitutional Rewriting of the Rules of International Trade, Obviously". He said that the correct response would be to invoke Churro – the "Courts Have Ultimate Responsibility to Restore Order". [ 55 ] David A. Graham, writing for The Atlantic , recalled his own 2018 analysis of Trump's "pattern of nearly always folding" on international politics during his first term , pointing out that Wall Street is just "catching on," and given that now Trump knows about the TACO trade expression it could mean that he may make bad choices and persist on them, causing the markets to tank. [ 56 ] In an interview for Reuters , in the context of Trump's May 30 announcement of increased tariffs on steel and aluminum , Joachim Klement, head of strategy at the investment bank Panmure Liberum said, "We think that, unfortunately, as the so-called TACO trade becomes more viral, it becomes more likely that Trump will stick to higher tariffs just to prove a point." [ 57 ] [ 58 ] No Kings protester in Chicago holding a sign saying "Trump Always Chickens Out" On June 3, 2025, a Tuesday , the Democratic National Committee parked a rented taco truck , customized with images of Trump wearing a chicken costume, outside the Republican National Committee headquarters, and distributed free tacos to passers-by "as an effective way to draw attention to Trump's tariff policies, which they described as "playing games with working families' livelihoods." [ 59 ] [ 60 ] Vice President JD Vance criticized the opposition party as "lame," to which the DNC answered calling him "the cringiest VP in American history," and mentioning that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is likely to "take away food from people." [ 61 ] Zeeshan Aleem, writing for MSNBC , criticized Democrats using TACO as a political slogan because it is inexact, as Trump was (as of June 2025) maintaining both baseline and specific tariffs. Also, because "Why on Earth would Democrats dare Trump to follow through on his most extreme tariff threats?" Aleem quotes Robert Armstrong lamenting the impact of his creation: "Let us state clearly, chickening out is good and something to be celebrated. Bad policy chickening out, hooray." Finally, because if the Democrats' message is that Trump is a threat to democracy, "it's a bit odd to simultaneously argue that Trump is all talk and no action." [ 62 ] In the media An AI-generated image of Donald Trump dressed as a chicken and holding tacos Almost immediately after Trump's response, the term started a trend of memes about Trump referencing the TACO acronym or the phrase directly. The memes often employed generative AI to produce artificial images and video of Trump in situations parodying the viral term. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] Editorial cartoons parodied Trump's reaction to the term, frequently utilizing puns and exaggerated caricatures of Putin and Trump. [ 65 ] The term has been widely reported in the international press, [ 66 ] [ 67 ] [ 68 ] with the phrase translated into Estonian ( Trump lööb alati vedelaks ), [ 69 ] French ( Trump se dégonfle toujours ), [ 70 ] German ( Trump macht immer einen Rückzieher ), [ 71 ] Norwegian ( Trump trekker seg alltid ), [ 72 ] Slovene ( Trump se vedno ustraši ), [ 73 ] Spanish ( Trump siempre se acobarda ), [ 74 ] Brazilian Portuguese ( Trump sempre amarela ), [ 75 ] and other languages. The View hosts Whoopi Goldberg , Joy Behar and Ana Navarro praised the TACO phrase on their show. Navarro's analysis and discussion of the nickname with other cohosts included why they suspected the name gained traction and what led to the name's popularity, stating "For a nickname to be effective, there's got to be truth to it, which this has: His trade policy is all over the place [...] And it's got to get under the person's skin, which it clearly did". Host Sara Haines noted Trump's common use of insulting nicknames for public figures he dislikes . Navarro also likened the trending nickname to "karma" for Trump's previous actions relating to Mexico in the beginning of his second term, including banning the Associated Press from White House press events due to their refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" . [ 76 ] See also China's final warning – A joke of similar vein in Soviet and now popular Russian discourse poking fun at incessant "final" threats which never come to fruition. False or misleading statements by Donald Trump – Information about other contexts in which Trump has set and broken deadlines, that have also influenced the TACO acronym. References ^ a b Breuninger, Kevin (May 28, 2025). "Trump says he's not 'chickening out' on trade: 'It's called negotiation' " . CNBC. Archived from the original on August 22, 2025 . Retrieved May 28, 2025 . ^ Bigg, Matthew (May 29, 2025). 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Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in their debate Tuesday night, one likely area of contention will be their mutual accusations of flip-flopping — a charge that politicians have long deployed to portray their opponents as lacking principle. It is true that both have changed some of their policy positions, as politicians often do — whether for political expediency or because their thinking has evolved with new information. But while Ms. Harris has moderated a number of progressive stances she took in the 2020 Democratic primary, Mr. Trump has reversed himself entirely, gone back and forth or avoided taking clear stands on a host of important issues. ^ Nicholas, Peter (April 14, 2025). "Chaos, confusion and reversals: The story of Trump's second term so far. President Donald Trump has moved quickly on his far-reaching agenda, but his administration has frequently changed both its messaging and its course" . NBC News . Archived from the original on June 21, 2025 . 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By 2026, the term also came to be used to characterize some of Trump's decisions in the realm of [foreign policy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#Foreign_relations), specifically his reversal of threats to [annex Greenland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis "Greenland crisis"),[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-greenland-3)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-usatoday1-4) and his attempt to find an abrupt exit for the escalating [2026 Iran War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_War "2026 Iran War") as global securites began to fall due to the rise in oil prices.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNNIran-5) ## Background Trump's tendency to change his mind on policy positions had been described since his [first presidential campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign "Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign").[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-6) Before the emergence of the TACO acronym, observers used terms such as backtrack[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-7) and flip-flop.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-8)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-9)[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-10) Wall Street traders called it the "Trump [put](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Put_option "Put option")" when, during his first term, he would change a policy if the markets reacted badly to it.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-11)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-12) This tendency continued to be reported in the lead up to,[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-13) and during, [Trump's second presidency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "Second presidency of Donald Trump"),[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-14)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-15) with commentators noting specific issues including trade,[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-17)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-18)[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-19) immigration,[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-20)[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-21) and international relationships.[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-22) ## Origins The term "TACO trade" was first used by [Financial Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Times "Financial Times") journalist Robert Armstrong in a May 2, 2025 [opinion piece](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_piece "Opinion piece") that discussed tariffs and their effects on the [US markets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_economy "US economy").[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CBS_2025-05-28-23) In the piece, part of a series titled "Unhedged", Armstrong said that markets were realizing that "the US administration does not have a very high tolerance for market and economic pressure, and will be quick to back off when tariffs cause pain". Armstrong called this "the Taco theory: Trump Always Chickens Out".[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-24)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-:0-25) ## Examples ### Tariffs Katie Martin of the Financial Times gave three examples of "the Taco factor" where Trump had reversed a decision in response to the market's reaction: Trump setting high "[Liberation Day tariffs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Day_tariffs "Liberation Day tariffs")" and pausing them a week later, his calling for the termination of Federal Reserve chair [Jerome Powell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Powell "Jerome Powell") before distancing himself from the idea, and the US committing to roll back tariffs against China during trade talks in May.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-26) Another example is when Trump would delay his 50% tariff proposal affecting [EU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union "European Union") imports to July 9, this would later cause European markets to [rally](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_$stock_market$ "Rally (stock market)").[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-nytimes-2025-27)[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-reuters-28) [Shannon Pettypiece](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Pettypiece "Shannon Pettypiece") of [NBC News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_News "NBC News") gave ten examples of Trump having "threatened, then backtracked on, tariffs" since taking office, saying that in her view Trump had threatened "far more" tariffs than he had imposed.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-29) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/OUR_DEAL_WITH_CHINA.png/250px-OUR_DEAL_WITH_CHINA.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OUR_DEAL_WITH_CHINA.png) A Truth Social post from Donald Trump announcing a reversal of some tariffs against China, seen by analysts as Trump having "chickened out" On June 11, 2025, Trump posted on [Truth Social](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social "Truth Social") that he had reached a deal in the [US's trade war with China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war#2025 "China–United States trade war").[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-30) [ABC News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_News_$United_States$ "ABC News (United States)") noted that a Chinese spokesperson said it was a "framework" to consolidate the agreements reached in May, and that the talks represented the "first meeting". Secretary of Commerce [Howard Lutnick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Lutnick "Howard Lutnick") referred to the agreement as a "handshake for a framework".[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-31) [The Wall Street Journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal "The Wall Street Journal") published an editorial criticizing the deal, calling it a "truce that tilts in China's direction" by appearing to be "resetting their trade relationship to where it was a few months ago before a tit-for-tat escalation".[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-32)[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-33) [Fareed Zakaria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fareed_Zakaria "Fareed Zakaria") of [The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post") saw the vague trade deal as an example of "TACO", except for "one twist", that Americans "will still pay a tariff rate of 55 percent on goods from China (compared to China's 10 percent tariff on American goods)".[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-34) On July 8, 2025, Trump again announced a delay in implementing tariffs against 14 countries, pushing back the deadline for negotiations from July 9 to August 1.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-35) [Bloomberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_News "Bloomberg News") reported that Trump has softened his hardline tone on China to ensure a summit with [General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party "General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party") [Xi Jinping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping "Xi Jinping"), aiming to push for a trade agreement between America and China.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-36) ### Foreign relations [Gideon Rachman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Rachman "Gideon Rachman") of the Financial Times wrote that "Trump always chickens out on foreign policy too," citing a paper by [Jeremy Shapiro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Shapiro "Jeremy Shapiro") of the [European Council on Foreign Relations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Council_on_Foreign_Relations "European Council on Foreign Relations") that found that Trump had threatened the use of force against foreign adversaries on 22 occasions (as of early 2025), but actually did so on only two occasions.[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-Rachman2025-37) For example, during his first term, Trump threatened "fire and fury" against [North Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea "North Korea") and threatened to wipe [Afghanistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan "Afghanistan") "off the face of the earth" within ten days; Trump followed through in neither case, instead entering failed negotiations with North Korea [over its nuclear program](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_nuclear_program "North Korean nuclear program") and entering into an [agreement for a US withdrawal from Afghanistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Taliban_deal "United States–Taliban deal") without any meaningful concessions from the [Taliban](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban "Taliban") in return.[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-Rachman2025-37) The term was widely used to describe Trump's 2025 reversal of his threats to [annex Greenland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis "Greenland crisis").[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-greenland-3)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-usatoday1-4)[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-38) Following the [2026 Iran protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_protests "2026 Iran protests"), after Trump threatened the Iranian leadership with military intervention,[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-39) TACO was used by commentators to describe Trump's actions when they did not materialize at the time.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-40) As the subsequent [2026 Iran war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war "2026 Iran war") began to impact global oil and securities markets, analysts assessed that Trump's attempt to TACO out of the conflict might not be feasible as Iran did not seem willing to compromise, showing the limits of threats followed by a U-turn.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNNIran-5)[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-41)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-p918-42) ### Related uses [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Meeting_between_Ursula_von_der_Leyen%2C_President_of_the_EC%2C_and_Donald_Trump%2C_President_of_the_United_States_-_2025_%283%29.jpg/250px-Meeting_between_Ursula_von_der_Leyen%2C_President_of_the_EC%2C_and_Donald_Trump%2C_President_of_the_United_States_-_2025_%283%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Meeting_between_Ursula_von_der_Leyen,_President_of_the_EC,_and_Donald_Trump,_President_of_the_United_States_-_2025_$3$.jpg) The [European Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union "European Union") has been criticized for "chickening out" to the US on trade retaliations against it. (Trump meeting with [Ursula von der Leyen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen "Ursula von der Leyen") pictured.) A variant of "TACO" called "EACO" (Europe Always Chickens Out)[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-affairs-43)[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-guns-44)\> or "EUCO" has been applied to the [European Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union "European Union") as well during trade negotiations with the US since his global trade war.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-euco-45) Criticized as a process of [appeasement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement "Appeasement"), the EU avoided using its so-called "anti-coercion mechanisms" in retaliation for Trump's tariffs and instead attempted to negotiate a deal with the US with the tariffs applied. The EU's appeasement process stems from fears that Trump would withdraw military defense from Europe, especially in regard to the [Russo-Ukrainian War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War "Russo-Ukrainian War").[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-46) As a result, it repeatedly delayed counter-tariff packages meant to target specific imported goods from the US.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-euco-45)[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-guns-44) The United States has been noted to be able to exploit the EU's dependence on it, especially due to the internal divisions and lack of strategy from the EU.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-affairs-43) Of note was that the EU officials previously refused to accept 10% tariffs on exported goods to the US. The EU later agreed to a trade deal in which most of its exported goods to the US would be subjected to 15% tariffs in exchange for no tariffs applied to US goods. Critics have argued that the EU under the [European Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission "European Commission") president [Ursula von der Leyen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen "Ursula von der Leyen") surrendered to the US, with John O'Brien of [Irish Examiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Examiner "Irish Examiner") arguing that it showed weakness and refused to accept short term pain for long term benefits.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-euco-45)[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-47) Lionel Laurent of [Bloomberg News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_News "Bloomberg News") described the uneven trade deal as a threat towards the EU's already weak economic growth and remarked that "\[m\]aybe it isn't Trump who always chickens out."[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-48) ## Reactions ### In politics and economy Donald Trump was asked by Megan Cassella, a [CNBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNBC "CNBC") Correspondent, what he thought about the term on May 28, 2025, during a swearing-in ceremony for the acting attorney general. He denied the behavior, saying "it's called negotiation". He called the question a "nasty question", adding "I usually have the opposite problem. They say I am too tough".[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CBS_2025-05-28-23)[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-49) According to [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN"), Trump had not yet heard the term, and he first understood that Cassella was calling him a [chicken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken "Chicken").[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-50) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell "Lawrence O'Donnell") pointed out Trump's policies and actions that, in his opinion, will be reversed by the courts, but which, together with the reversals Trump himself has done, characterize him as an ineffective president since everybody is increasingly aware that he will back down, giving rise to the acronym TACO, while the [tariff war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration "Tariffs in the second Trump administration") keeps hurting American businesses.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-51) [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times") quoted analysts Salomon Fiedler of [Berenberg Bank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenberg_Bank "Berenberg Bank"), [Paul Donovan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Donovan_$economist$ "Paul Donovan (economist)") of [UBS Wealth Management](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBS "UBS"), and Chris Beauchamp of [IG Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IG_Group "IG Group"), saying that Trump's tariff threats don't last.[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-nytimes-2025-27) On May 28, 2025, the [United States Court of International Trade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_International_Trade "United States Court of International Trade") (CIT) [ruled](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration#Legality "Tariffs in the second Trump administration") that Trump had overreached his authority under the [International Emergency Economic Powers Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Emergency_Economic_Powers_Act "International Emergency Economic Powers Act") (IEEPA) and vacated all tariffs related to it. This prompted California Governor [Gavin Newsom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom "Gavin Newsom") to comment, "It's raining tacos today."[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-52)[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-53) [Reuters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters "Reuters") published a note about acronyms popular among investors four months into Trump's second term: [YOLO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YOLO_$aphorism$ "YOLO (aphorism)"), TACO, MEGA, MAGA (Make America Go Away), and FAFO. When reached for comment, White House spokesman Kush Desai said in an email, "these asinine acronyms convey how unserious analysts have consistently beclowned themselves by mocking President Trump and his agenda that've already delivered multiple expectation-beating jobs and inflation reports, trillions in investment commitments, a historic UK trade agreement, and rising consumer confidence."[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-54) In an interview with Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC on May 30, economist [Justin Wolfers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Wolfers "Justin Wolfers") coined additional acronyms about Trump's actions themed on Mexican food: [Burrito](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrito "Burrito") – the "Blatantly Unconstitutional Rewriting of the Rules of International Trade, Obviously". He said that the correct response would be to invoke [Churro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churro "Churro") – the "Courts Have Ultimate Responsibility to Restore Order".[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-55) David A. Graham, writing for [The Atlantic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic "The Atlantic"), recalled his own 2018 analysis of Trump's "pattern of nearly always folding" on international politics during his [first term](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "First presidency of Donald Trump"), pointing out that Wall Street is just "catching on," and given that now Trump knows about the TACO trade expression it could mean that he may make bad choices and persist on them, causing the markets to tank.[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-56) In an interview for [Reuters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters "Reuters"), in the context of Trump's May 30 announcement of [increased tariffs on steel and aluminum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration#Steel_and_aluminum_tariffs "Tariffs in the second Trump administration"), Joachim Klement, head of strategy at the investment bank [Panmure Liberum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panmure_Gordon "Panmure Gordon") said, "We think that, unfortunately, as the so-called TACO trade becomes more viral, it becomes more likely that Trump will stick to higher tariffs just to prove a point."[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-57)[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-58) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/No_Kings_protest_in_Chicago_120218_%28TACO_crop%29.jpg/250px-No_Kings_protest_in_Chicago_120218_%28TACO_crop%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:No_Kings_protest_in_Chicago_120218_$TACO_crop$.jpg) [No Kings protester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2025_No_Kings_protests "June 2025 No Kings protests") in Chicago holding a sign saying "Trump Always Chickens Out" On June 3, 2025, a [Tuesday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco_Tuesday "Taco Tuesday"), the [Democratic National Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee "Democratic National Committee") parked a rented [taco truck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_truck "Food truck"), customized with images of Trump wearing a chicken costume, outside the [Republican National Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Committee "Republican National Committee") headquarters, and distributed free [tacos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco "Taco") to passers-by "as an effective way to draw attention to Trump's tariff policies, which they described as "playing games with working families' livelihoods."[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-59)[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-60) Vice President [JD Vance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance "JD Vance") criticized the opposition party as "lame," to which the DNC answered calling him "the cringiest VP in American history," and mentioning that the [One Big Beautiful Bill Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Big_Beautiful_Bill_Act "One Big Beautiful Bill Act") is likely to "take away food from people." [\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-61) Zeeshan Aleem, writing for [MSNBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC "MSNBC"), criticized Democrats using TACO as a political slogan because it is inexact, as Trump was (as of June 2025) maintaining both baseline and specific tariffs. Also, because "Why on Earth would Democrats dare Trump to follow through on his most extreme tariff threats?" Aleem quotes Robert Armstrong lamenting the impact of his creation: "Let us state clearly, chickening out is good and something to be celebrated. Bad policy chickening out, hooray." Finally, because if the Democrats' message is that Trump is a threat to democracy, "it's a bit odd to simultaneously argue that Trump is all talk and no action."[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-62) ### In the media [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Trump_TACO_meme.jpg/250px-Trump_TACO_meme.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trump_TACO_meme.jpg) An AI-generated image of Donald Trump dressed as a chicken and holding tacos Almost immediately after Trump's response, the term started a trend of memes about Trump referencing the TACO acronym or the phrase directly. The memes often employed [generative AI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_artificial_intelligence "Generative artificial intelligence") to produce artificial images and video of Trump in situations parodying the viral term.[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-63)[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-64) [Editorial cartoons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editorial_cartoons "Editorial cartoons") parodied Trump's reaction to the term, frequently utilizing [puns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun "Pun") and exaggerated caricatures of [Putin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin "Vladimir Putin") and Trump.[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-theweek-65) The term has been widely reported in the international press,[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-66)[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-67)[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-68) with the phrase translated into Estonian (Trump lööb alati vedelaks),[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-69) French (Trump se dégonfle toujours),[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-70) German (Trump macht immer einen Rückzieher),[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-71) Norwegian (Trump trekker seg alltid),[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-72) Slovene (Trump se vedno ustraši),[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-73) Spanish (Trump siempre se acobarda),[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-74) Brazilian Portuguese (Trump sempre amarela),[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-75) and other languages. [The View](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View "The View") hosts [Whoopi Goldberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg "Whoopi Goldberg"), [Joy Behar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Behar "Joy Behar") and [Ana Navarro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Navarro "Ana Navarro") praised the TACO phrase on their show. Navarro's analysis and discussion of the nickname with other cohosts included why they suspected the name gained traction and what led to the name's popularity, stating "For a nickname to be effective, there's got to be truth to it, which this has: His trade policy is all over the place \[...\] And it's got to get under the person's skin, which it clearly did". Host [Sara Haines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Haines "Sara Haines") noted Trump's common use of insulting [nicknames for public figures he dislikes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump "List of nicknames used by Donald Trump"). Navarro also likened the trending nickname to "karma" for Trump's previous actions relating to Mexico in the beginning of his second term, including [banning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press_v._Budowich "Associated Press v. Budowich") the [Associated Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press "Associated Press") from White House press events due to their refusal to refer to the [Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico_naming_controversy "Gulf of Mexico naming controversy").[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-76) ## See also - [China's final warning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_final_warning "China's final warning") – A joke of similar vein in [Soviet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet "Soviet") and now popular [Russian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia "Russia") discourse poking fun at incessant "final" threats which never come to fruition. - [False or misleading statements by Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump#"Two_weeks" "False or misleading statements by Donald Trump") – Information about other contexts in which Trump has set and broken deadlines, that have also influenced the TACO acronym. ## References 1. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CNBC_2025-05-28_1-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CNBC_2025-05-28_1-1) Breuninger, Kevin (May 28, 2025). 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[Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160706201058/http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/full-list-donald-trump-s-rapidly-changing-policy-positions-n547801) from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "\[Updated November 28, 2016\] President-Elect Donald Trump took 141 distinct stances on 23 major issues during his bid for the White House. \[Subjects are:\] Immigration. Young undocumented immigrants and children of illegal immigrants. Proposed Muslim ban. Visas for high-skilled workers. Border control and the refugee crisis. Defeating ISIS. Guns. 'First use' and nuclear arms. Minimum wage. Taxes. Climate change. National debt. Abortion. Whether President Obama was born in America. Voting for the Iraq War. 2011 intervention in Libya. Japan and nukes. Money in politics. Violating U.S. and international laws with regard to torture, terrorism. Ku Klux Klan and David Duke. The Iran nuclear deal. Health Care. Rigged election/Political system. Accepting the outcome of the election." 7. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-7) Bennet, John T. (April 8, 2019). ["Trump's double backtrack 'probably won't matter very much.' Teflon president not likely to pay any political price for health care, border retreats"](https://rollcall.com/2019/04/08/trumps-double-backtrack-probably-wont-matter-very-much/). [Roll Call](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_Call "Roll Call"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250621232355/https://rollcall.com/2019/04/08/trumps-double-backtrack-probably-wont-matter-very-much/) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "Donald Trump irked even his fellow Republicans last week with his health care and border closure pushes, only to back off both, capping one of the most turbulent weeks of his chaotic presidency. But it's unlikely to hinder his re-election fight." 8. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-8) Diamond, Jeremy (April 1, 2016). ["Abortion and 10 other Donald Trump flip-flops"](https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/31/politics/donald-trump-positions-flip-flops). [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250708222213/https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/31/politics/donald-trump-positions-flip-flops) from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "(...) But Trump's flip-flop on Wednesday was just the most recent one. Here are 10 examples: Nuclear proliferation. The Iraq War. Afghanistan War. Abortion. Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Torture. Immigration. Gun control. Muslim ban. Hillary Clinton." 9. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-9) Timm, Jane C. (November 19, 2016). ["Tracking President Trump's Flip-Flops. NBC News is tracking Trump's new policy pronouncements. Here are the issues that he's flip-flopped on"](https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/president-trumps-first-100-days/here-are-new-policy-stances-donald-trump-has-taken-election-n684946). [NBC News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_News "NBC News"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250621232356/https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/president-trumps-first-100-days/here-are-new-policy-stances-donald-trump-has-taken-election-n684946) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "(...) Overall, Trump has taken 32 new stances on 13 different issues since his election. The president's shifting agenda has established him as one of the most unpredictable American leaders in modern history. (...) In order to better understand the president, we've tracked Trump's new policy pronouncements and flip flops on big issues from Election Day forward. FBI Director James Comey's Performance and Firing. Health Care. Immigration Reform, Enforcement. Entitlement Programs. LGBTQ Rights. NATO. Intervention in Syria. Special Interests in Government, "Drain the Swamp." China. Low Interest Rates. Removing Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair. Export-Import Bank. Golfing While President." 10. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-10) Catanese, David (April 13, 2017). ["Donald Trump's 10 Flip-Flops. The president calls himself 'flexible' but these moves make Gumby look rigid"](https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/slideshows/donald-trumps-10-flip-flops). [U.S. News & World Report](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report "U.S. News & World Report"). Retrieved June 21, 2025. "From ordering the bombing of Syria to distancing himself from adviser Steve Bannon, to softening his rhetoric on China, Trump is on a record-setting pace for changing his mind. His penchant for sudden U-turns has become a defining characteristic of what's been a chaotic, improvisational White House." 11. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-11) Peck, Emily (May 29, 2025). ["Trump "TACO" trade: How a columnist's catchphrase caused an Oval Office scene"](https://www.axios.com/2025/05/29/trump-taco-trade-tariffs). Axios. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250716082902/https://www.axios.com/2025/05/29/trump-taco-trade-tariffs) from the original on July 16, 2025. Retrieved July 21, 2025. 12. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-12) Berkowitz, Ben (April 9, 2025). ["The "Trump put" wasn't dead, it was just resting"](https://www.axios.com/2025/04/09/trump-put-stocks-bonds). Axios. 13. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-13) Astor, Maggie; Levien, Simon J. (September 10, 2024). ["'Flip-Flop' or Evolution: Trump and Harris and Their Reversals on Issues"](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/us/politics/harris-trump-flip-flops.html). [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240911155135/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/us/politics/harris-trump-flip-flops.html/) from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "As former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in their debate Tuesday night, one likely area of contention will be their mutual accusations of flip-flopping — a charge that politicians have long deployed to portray their opponents as lacking principle. It is true that both have changed some of their policy positions, as politicians often do — whether for political expediency or because their thinking has evolved with new information. But while Ms. Harris has moderated a number of progressive stances she took in the 2020 Democratic primary, Mr. Trump has reversed himself entirely, gone back and forth or avoided taking clear stands on a host of important issues." 14. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-14) Nicholas, Peter (April 14, 2025). ["Chaos, confusion and reversals: The story of Trump's second term so far. President Donald Trump has moved quickly on his far-reaching agenda, but his administration has frequently changed both its messaging and its course"](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/chaos-confusion-reversals-trump-second-term-rcna200649). [NBC News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_News "NBC News"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250621232358/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/chaos-confusion-reversals-trump-second-term-rcna200649) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "The president is in a hurry. Executive orders, tariffs, mass firings — all are happening at a speed that has made it hard for the nation to keep up. And tough for Trump to carry out. The chaotic start of his presidency has been characterized by a rash of reversals and retreats as he hastens to execute his agenda while his party controls both houses of Congress and his political capital is at its peak." 15. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-15) Smith-Schoenwalder, Cecelia (May 1, 2025). ["Full Speed, Then Reverse: Trump's Biggest U-Turns in His First 100 Days. From flip-flopping tariffs to federal layoffs among critical programs, here are the biggest reversals of Trump's second term so far"](https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/trumps-biggest-policy-reversals-so-far). [U.S. News & World Report](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report "U.S. News & World Report"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250621232355/https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/trumps-biggest-policy-reversals-so-far) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. 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["Trump's Tariff Flip-Flops Help Send Stocks Lower"](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-06/trump-s-tariff-flip-flops-help-send-stocks-down-again). [Bloomberg News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_News "Bloomberg News"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250314002516/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-06/trump-s-tariff-flip-flops-help-send-stocks-down-again) from the original on March 14, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "On Thursday, Donald Trump signed a few more executive orders. Among the scores he's churned out since taking office, these were unique, since they partially reversed orders from just two days ago. It was the latest backpedal by the White House in the face of furious fallout both at home and abroad to his 25% sanctions against Canada and Mexico." 18. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-18) Salmon, Felix; Basu, Zachary (March 7, 2025). ["Trump's rug-pull presidency"](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/07/trump-policy-tariffs-flip-flop). [Axios](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axios_$website$ "Axios (website)"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250416172039/https://www.axios.com/2025/03/07/trump-policy-tariffs-flip-flop) from the original on April 16, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "Donald Trump is building a reputation for himself as the flip-flopper in chief — the president who, after announcing a bold new policy today, is more than likely to reverse it tomorrow. Why it matters: In a chaotic and unpredictable world, the federal government normally acts as a stabilizing force. Under Trump, it has become the primary driver of the chaos. The big picture: Across-the-board tariffs on Mexico and Canada — two of America's three largest trading partners — have been on and then off and then on and then off. Colombia knows the feeling." 19. 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Firms across the world have been trying to come to terms with the rapid rate of presidential kneejerks: where policies can be announced, adjusted and shelved as quickly as the leader of the free world can publish a social media post." 20. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-20) McGraw, Meridith; Wren, Adam; Allison, Natalie; Cancryn, Adam (June 22, 2024). ["Trump keeps flip-flopping his policy positions after meeting with rich people. Top CEOs were seen nodding their heads when Trump talked about finding ways to keep American-educated talent at home"](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/22/trump-policy-flip-flop-00164538). [Politico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico "Politico"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250702000132/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/22/trump-policy-flip-flop-00164538) from the original on July 2, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. 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The president certainly makes all kinds of announcements, but in literally dozens of instances, they're followed by revised announcements and reversals. On an international scale, no one — business owners, consumers, investors, foreign officials, et al. — seems to have any idea what to expect from the White House, and for good reason: The entire agenda is an erratic mess, shaped by an unpredictable and inexperienced politician with a limited understanding of the underlying dynamics." 22. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-22) Lilley, Ben Mathis (June 17, 2025). ["Who Is in Charge of the Government? And does he know what his own positions are?"](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/06/donald-trump-reversal-iran-ice-raids.html). [Slate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_$magazine$ "Slate (magazine)"). 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Compounding the confusion, the (new) Post report notes that the directive that was issued because of Trump's post has been overruled because 'the White House did not support it.' Who runs the White House? I thought it was the president\!" 23. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CBS_2025-05-28_23-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CBS_2025-05-28_23-1) Picchi, Aimee (May 28, 2025). ["Trump was asked about the "TACO" trade and called it a "nasty question." Here's what it means"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-taco-trade-trump-always-chickens-out-what-it-means/). CBS News. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250601030218/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-taco-trade-trump-always-chickens-out-what-it-means/) from the original on June 1, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025. 24. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-24)* Armstrong, Robert (May 2, 2025). 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Department of Health and Human Services") [English official language designation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14224 "Executive Order 14224") [Executive Order 14172](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14172 "Executive Order 14172") [Gulf of Mexico naming controversy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico_naming_controversy "Gulf of Mexico naming controversy") [Denali–Mount McKinley naming dispute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali%E2%80%93Mount_McKinley_naming_dispute "Denali–Mount McKinley naming dispute") [Federal grants freeze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_government_grant_pause "2025 United States federal government grant pause") [Federal hiring freeze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_hiring_freeze "2025 United States federal hiring freeze") [Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Nungaray_National_Wildlife_Refuge "Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge") [Science policy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_policy_of_the_second_Trump_administration "Science policy of the second Trump administration") [NOAA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA_in_the_second_Trump_administration "NOAA in the second Trump administration") [University of Oklahoma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma_in_the_second_Trump_administration "University of Oklahoma in the second Trump administration") [Smithsonian Institution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14253 "Executive Order 14253") [Space policy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_policy_of_the_second_Trump_administration "Space policy of the second Trump administration") [NYC congestion pricing approval revocation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congestion_pricing_in_New_York_City "Congestion pricing in New York City") [Office of Shipbuilding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Office_of_Shipbuilding "United States Office of Shipbuilding") [Online resource removals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_government_online_resource_removals "2025 United States government online resource removals") [Defense Department DEI censorship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Defense_censorship_of_DEI-connected_material "U.S. Department of Defense censorship of DEI-connected material") [Social media content moderation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14149 "Executive Order 14149") [TAKE IT DOWN Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAKE_IT_DOWN_Act "TAKE IT DOWN Act") [White House Faith Office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Faith_Office "White House Faith Office") \| \| [Economic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_second_Trump_administration "Economic policy of the second Trump administration") \| [Artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14179 "Executive Order 14179") [Genesis Mission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_Mission "Genesis Mission") [Stargate Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_LLC "Stargate LLC") [Cryptocurrency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency_in_the_second_Trump_presidency "Cryptocurrency in the second Trump presidency") [CBDC and digital assets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14178 "Executive Order 14178") [GENIUS Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GENIUS_Act "GENIUS Act") [Strategic bitcoin reserve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Strategic_Bitcoin_Reserve "U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve") [OECD GMCTR agreement withdrawal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_minimum_corporate_tax_rate#Possible_implementation_in_the_United_States "Global minimum corporate tax rate") [Tariffs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration "Tariffs in the second Trump administration") [Canada and Mexico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%932026_United_States_trade_war_with_Canada_and_Mexico "2025–2026 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico")/[timeline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2025%E2%80%9326_United_States_trade_war_with_Canada "Timeline of the 2025–26 United States trade war with Canada") [China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war "China–United States trade war") [farmer bailouts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_administration_farmer_bailouts "Trump administration farmer bailouts") [Learning Resources v. Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_Resources_v._Trump "Learning Resources v. Trump") [Liberation Day tariffs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Day_tariffs "Liberation Day tariffs") [Pakistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93United_States_trade_deal "Pakistan–United States trade deal") [Venezuelan oil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14245 "Executive Order 14245") [TikTok PAFACA divestment deadline extensions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protecting_Americans_from_Foreign_Adversary_Controlled_Applications_Act "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act") \| \| Environment \| [Paper straws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14208 "Executive Order 14208") [Second Paris Agreement withdrawal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14162 "Executive Order 14162") \| \| Fiscal \| [One Big Beautiful Bill Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Big_Beautiful_Bill_Act "One Big Beautiful Bill Act") "[No tax on tips](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_tax_on_tips "No tax on tips")" [Trump account](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_account "Trump account") [Rescissions Act of 2025](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescissions_Act_of_2025 "Rescissions Act of 2025") [Corporation for Public Broadcasting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting "Corporation for Public Broadcasting") [USAID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAID_in_the_second_Trump_administration "USAID in the second Trump administration") [2026 United States federal budget](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_federal_budget "2026 United States federal budget") \| \| [Foreign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_second_Trump_administration "Foreign policy of the second Trump administration") \| [Argentina currency swap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States%E2%80%93Argentina_currency_swap "2025 United States–Argentina currency swap") [Armenia–Azerbaijan agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_peace_agreement "Armenia–Azerbaijan peace agreement") [ASEAN summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_ASEAN_Summits "2025 ASEAN Summits") [Kuala Lumpur accord](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur_Peace_Accord "Kuala Lumpur Peace Accord") [2025 Brazil diplomatic dispute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Brazil%E2%80%93United_States_diplomatic_dispute "2025 Brazil–United States diplomatic dispute") [2026 Cuban crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Cuban_crisis "2026 Cuban crisis") [Boat incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Cuban_boat_incident "2026 Cuban boat incident") [Donroe Doctrine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donroe_Doctrine "Donroe Doctrine") [DRC–Rwanda peace agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo%E2%80%93Rwanda_peace_agreement "2025 Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda peace agreement") [Expansionism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_expansionism_under_Donald_Trump "American expansionism under Donald Trump") 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Trump Gaza Strip takeover proposal") [Peace plan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan "Gaza peace plan") [Peace summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_summit "Gaza peace summit") [Board of Peace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Peace "Board of Peace") [Golden Dome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_$missile_defense_system$ "Golden Dome (missile defense system)") [2025 Honduran general election alleged interference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Honduran_general_election#Allegations_of_fraud_and_external_interference "2025 Honduran general election") [ICC sanctions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14203 "Executive Order 14203") [2025 India diplomatic and trade crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States%E2%80%93India_diplomatic_and_trade_crisis "2025 United States–India diplomatic and trade crisis") [May 2025 Middle East visit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2025_visit_by_Donald_Trump_to_the_Middle_East "May 2025 visit by Donald Trump to the Middle East") [61st Munich Security Conference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/61st_Munich_Security_Conference "61st Munich Security Conference") [JD Vance speech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_JD_Vance_speech_at_the_Munich_Security_Conference "2025 JD Vance speech at the Munich Security Conference") [2026 NDAA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2026 "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026") [2025 NATO summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_The_Hague_NATO_summit "2025 The Hague NATO summit") [2025 Nigeria strikes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_strikes_in_Nigeria "2025 United States strikes in Nigeria") [Operation Southern Spear](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Southern_Spear "Operation Southern Spear") [Caribbean military buildup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_buildup_in_the_Caribbean_during_Operation_Southern_Spear "United States military buildup in the Caribbean during Operation Southern Spear") [2026 Venezuela intervention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_intervention_in_Venezuela "2026 United States intervention in Venezuela") [Death of Yohana Rodríguez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Yohana_Rodr%C3%ADguez "Death of Yohana Rodríguez") [International reactions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2026_United_States_intervention_in_Venezuela "International reactions to the 2026 United States intervention in Venezuela") [Strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_strikes_on_alleged_drug_traffickers_during_Operation_Southern_Spear "United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear") [Oil blockade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_oil_blockade_during_Operation_Southern_Spear "United States oil blockade during Operation Southern Spear") [United States v. Maduro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_Nicol%C3%A1s_Maduro_and_Cilia_Flores "Prosecution of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores") [Relations with Iran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United_States_relations_during_the_second_Trump_administration "Iran–United States relations during the second Trump administration") [Iranian attack on US military base in Qatar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_strikes_on_Al_Udeid_Air_Base "Iranian strikes on Al Udeid Air Base") [US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_strikes_on_Iranian_nuclear_sites "2025 United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites") [Iran negotiations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%932026_Iran%E2%80%93United_States_negotiations "2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations") [Twelve-Day War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Day_War "Twelve-Day War") [ceasefire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Day_War_ceasefire "Twelve-Day War ceasefire") [2025–2026 Iranian protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%932026_Iranian_protests "2025–2026 Iranian protests") [massacres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacres "2026 Iran massacres") [2026 Middle East military buildup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_military_buildup_in_the_Middle_East "2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East") [2026 Iran war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war "2026 Iran war") [2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis "2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis") [military campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign "2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign") [Ramaphosa Oval Office meeting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Trump%E2%80%93Ramaphosa_Oval_Office_meeting "2025 Trump–Ramaphosa Oval Office meeting") [Russian invasion of Ukraine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine "United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine") [Peace talks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_negotiations_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war_$2022%E2%80%93present$ "Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)") [First Putin call](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2025_Putin%E2%80%93Trump_phone_call "February 2025 Putin–Trump phone call") [Saudi Arabia meeting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2025_United_States%E2%80%93Russia_meeting_in_Saudi_Arabia "February 2025 United States–Russia meeting in Saudi Arabia") [Minerals agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93United_States_Mineral_Resources_Agreement "Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement") [Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Trump%E2%80%93Zelenskyy_Oval_Office_meeting "2025 Trump–Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting") [2025 Alaska summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Russia%E2%80%93United_States_summit "2025 Russia–United States summit") [White House multilateral meeting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2025_White_House_multilateral_meeting_on_Ukraine "August 2025 White House multilateral meeting on Ukraine") [2025 Budapest summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Russia%E2%80%93United_States_summit_in_Hungary "2025 Russia–United States summit in Hungary") [2026 Abu Dhabi trilateral meetings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States%E2%80%93Ukraine%E2%80%93Russia_meetings_in_Abu_Dhabi "2026 United States–Ukraine–Russia meetings in Abu Dhabi") [2026 Geneva trilateral meetings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States%E2%80%93Ukraine%E2%80%93Russia_meetings_in_Geneva "2026 United States–Ukraine–Russia meetings in Geneva") [2025–2026 Syria airstrikes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%932026_United_States_airstrikes_in_Syria "2025–2026 United States airstrikes in Syria") [December 2025 Palmyra attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2025_Palmyra_attack "December 2025 Palmyra attack") [Trump-class battleship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump-class_battleship "Trump-class battleship") [Trump whisperer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_whisperer "Trump whisperer") [2025 state visit to the United Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_state_visit_by_Donald_Trump_to_the_United_Kingdom "2025 state visit by Donald Trump to the United Kingdom") [USAID closure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAID_in_the_second_Trump_administration "USAID in the second Trump administration") [2025 foreign aid pause](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14169 "Executive Order 14169") [Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_State_v._AIDS_Vaccine_Advocacy_Coalition "Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition") [Withdrawal from WHO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14155 "Executive Order 14155") [Yemen attacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US%E2%80%93UK_airstrikes_on_Yemen "US–UK airstrikes on Yemen") [Houthis FTO designation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14175 "Executive Order 14175") [Operation Rough Rider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%E2%80%93May_2025_United_States_attacks_in_Yemen "March–May 2025 United States attacks in Yemen") [Signal group chat leaks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_group_chat_leaks "United States government group chat leaks") [Ras Isa oil terminal airstrikes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ras_Isa_oil_terminal_airstrikes "2025 Ras Isa oil terminal airstrikes") [Saada prison airstrike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Saada_prison_airstrike "2025 Saada prison airstrike") [Ceasefire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States%E2%80%93Houthi_ceasefire "2025 United States–Houthi ceasefire") [Shield of the Americas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_of_the_Americas "Shield of the Americas") [Summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_of_the_Americas_Summit "Shield of the Americas Summit") \| \| [Immigration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_policy_of_the_second_Trump_administration "Immigration policy of the second Trump administration") \| [Arrest of Hannah Dugan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Dugan "Hannah Dugan") [Birthright citizenship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14160 "Executive Order 14160") [Barbara v. Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_v._Trump "Barbara v. Trump") [Trump v. CASA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._CASA "Trump v. CASA") [State of Washington v. Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_v._Trump_$2025$ "Washington v. Trump (2025)") [Deportation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_in_the_second_Trump_administration "Deportation in the second Trump administration") [Kilmar Abrego Garcia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_Kilmar_Abrego_Garcia "Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia") [Indians](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_Indian_nationals_under_Donald_Trump "Deportation of Indian nationals under Donald Trump") [Venezuelans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2025_American_deportations_of_Venezuelans "March 2025 American deportations of Venezuelans") [Ending humanitarian parole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parole_for_Cubans,_Haitians,_Nicaraguans,_and_Venezuelans "Parole for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans") [A.R.P. v. Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.R.P._v._Trump "A.R.P. v. Trump") [D.V.D. v. Department of Homeland Security](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.V.D._v._Department_of_Homeland_Security "D.V.D. v. Department of Homeland Security") [J.G.G. v. Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.G.G._v._Trump "J.G.G. v. Trump") [National TPS Alliance v. Noem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_TPS_Alliance_v._Noem "National TPS Alliance v. Noem") [United States v. Russell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Russell_$2025$ "United States v. 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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia *Trump Always Chickens Out* (TACO) is a term that gained prominence in May 2025 after [many threats and reversals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration "Tariffs in the second Trump administration") during the [trade war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_war "Trade war") US president [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump") initiated with [his administration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump "Second cabinet of Donald Trump")'s ["Liberation Day" tariffs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Day_tariffs "Liberation Day tariffs").[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNBC_2025-05-28-1) The acronym is used to describe Trump's tendency to make tariff threats, only to later delay them as a way to increase time for negotiations and for [markets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_market "Financial market") to rebound.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNBC_2025-05-28-1)[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-nytimes-2) The term is widely used on [Wall Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street "Wall Street"), where the TACO trade involves buying stocks cheaply after a tariff announcement pushes stocks lower, then selling them at a profit after the tariffs are delayed or reduced and the market rebounds. By 2026, the term also came to be used to characterize some of Trump's decisions in the realm of [foreign policy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#Foreign_relations), specifically his reversal of threats to [annex Greenland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis "Greenland crisis"),[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-greenland-3)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-usatoday1-4) and his attempt to find an abrupt exit for the escalating [2026 Iran War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_War "2026 Iran War") as global securites began to fall due to the rise in oil prices.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNNIran-5) Background Trump's tendency to change his mind on policy positions had been described since his [first presidential campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign "Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign").[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-6) Before the emergence of the TACO acronym, observers used terms such as backtrack[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-7) and flip-flop.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-8)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-9)[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-10) Wall Street traders called it the "Trump [put](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Put_option "Put option")" when, during his first term, he would change a policy if the markets reacted badly to it.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-11)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-12) This tendency continued to be reported in the lead up to,[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-13) and during, [Trump's second presidency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "Second presidency of Donald Trump"),[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-14)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-15) with commentators noting specific issues including trade,[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-17)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-18)[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-19) immigration,[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-20)[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-21) and international relationships.[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-22) Origins The term "TACO trade" was first used by [Financial Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Times "Financial Times") journalist Robert Armstrong in a May 2, 2025 [opinion piece](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_piece "Opinion piece") that discussed tariffs and their effects on the [US markets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_economy "US economy").[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CBS_2025-05-28-23) In the piece, part of a series titled "Unhedged", Armstrong said that markets were realizing that "the US administration does not have a very high tolerance for market and economic pressure, and will be quick to back off when tariffs cause pain". Armstrong called this "the Taco theory: Trump Always Chickens Out".[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-24)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-:0-25) Examples Tariffs Katie Martin of the Financial Times gave three examples of "the Taco factor" where Trump had reversed a decision in response to the market's reaction: Trump setting high "[Liberation Day tariffs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Day_tariffs "Liberation Day tariffs")" and pausing them a week later, his calling for the termination of Federal Reserve chair [Jerome Powell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Powell "Jerome Powell") before distancing himself from the idea, and the US committing to roll back tariffs against China during trade talks in May.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-26) Another example is when Trump would delay his 50% tariff proposal affecting [EU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union "European Union") imports to July 9, this would later cause European markets to [rally](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_$stock_market$ "Rally (stock market)").[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-nytimes-2025-27)[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-reuters-28) [Shannon Pettypiece](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Pettypiece "Shannon Pettypiece") of [NBC News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_News "NBC News") gave ten examples of Trump having "threatened, then backtracked on, tariffs" since taking office, saying that in her view Trump had threatened "far more" tariffs than he had imposed.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-29) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/OUR_DEAL_WITH_CHINA.png/250px-OUR_DEAL_WITH_CHINA.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OUR_DEAL_WITH_CHINA.png) A Truth Social post from Donald Trump announcing a reversal of some tariffs against China, seen by analysts as Trump having "chickened out" On June 11, 2025, Trump posted on [Truth Social](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social "Truth Social") that he had reached a deal in the [US's trade war with China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war#2025 "China–United States trade war").[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-30) [ABC News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_News_$United_States$ "ABC News (United States)") noted that a Chinese spokesperson said it was a "framework" to consolidate the agreements reached in May, and that the talks represented the "first meeting". Secretary of Commerce [Howard Lutnick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Lutnick "Howard Lutnick") referred to the agreement as a "handshake for a framework".[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-31) [The Wall Street Journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal "The Wall Street Journal") published an editorial criticizing the deal, calling it a "truce that tilts in China's direction" by appearing to be "resetting their trade relationship to where it was a few months ago before a tit-for-tat escalation".[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-32)[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-33) [Fareed Zakaria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fareed_Zakaria "Fareed Zakaria") of [The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post") saw the vague trade deal as an example of "TACO", except for "one twist", that Americans "will still pay a tariff rate of 55 percent on goods from China (compared to China's 10 percent tariff on American goods)".[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-34) On July 8, 2025, Trump again announced a delay in implementing tariffs against 14 countries, pushing back the deadline for negotiations from July 9 to August 1.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-35) [Bloomberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_News "Bloomberg News") reported that Trump has softened his hardline tone on China to ensure a summit with [General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party "General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party") [Xi Jinping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping "Xi Jinping"), aiming to push for a trade agreement between America and China.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-36) Foreign relations [Gideon Rachman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Rachman "Gideon Rachman") of the Financial Times wrote that "Trump always chickens out on foreign policy too," citing a paper by [Jeremy Shapiro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Shapiro "Jeremy Shapiro") of the [European Council on Foreign Relations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Council_on_Foreign_Relations "European Council on Foreign Relations") that found that Trump had threatened the use of force against foreign adversaries on 22 occasions (as of early 2025), but actually did so on only two occasions.[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-Rachman2025-37) For example, during his first term, Trump threatened "fire and fury" against [North Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea "North Korea") and threatened to wipe [Afghanistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan "Afghanistan") "off the face of the earth" within ten days; Trump followed through in neither case, instead entering failed negotiations with North Korea [over its nuclear program](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_nuclear_program "North Korean nuclear program") and entering into an [agreement for a US withdrawal from Afghanistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Taliban_deal "United States–Taliban deal") without any meaningful concessions from the [Taliban](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban "Taliban") in return.[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-Rachman2025-37) The term was widely used to describe Trump's 2025 reversal of his threats to [annex Greenland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis "Greenland crisis").[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-greenland-3)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-usatoday1-4)[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-38) Following the [2026 Iran protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_protests "2026 Iran protests"), after Trump threatened the Iranian leadership with military intervention,[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-39) TACO was used by commentators to describe Trump's actions when they did not materialize at the time.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-40) As the subsequent [2026 Iran war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war "2026 Iran war") began to impact global oil and securities markets, analysts assessed that Trump's attempt to TACO out of the conflict might not be feasible as Iran did not seem willing to compromise, showing the limits of threats followed by a U-turn.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CNNIran-5)[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-41)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-p918-42) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Meeting_between_Ursula_von_der_Leyen%2C_President_of_the_EC%2C_and_Donald_Trump%2C_President_of_the_United_States_-_2025_%283%29.jpg/250px-Meeting_between_Ursula_von_der_Leyen%2C_President_of_the_EC%2C_and_Donald_Trump%2C_President_of_the_United_States_-_2025_%283%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Meeting_between_Ursula_von_der_Leyen,_President_of_the_EC,_and_Donald_Trump,_President_of_the_United_States_-_2025_$3$.jpg) The [European Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union "European Union") has been criticized for "chickening out" to the US on trade retaliations against it. (Trump meeting with [Ursula von der Leyen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen "Ursula von der Leyen") pictured.) A variant of "TACO" called "EACO" (Europe Always Chickens Out)[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-affairs-43)[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-guns-44)\> or "EUCO" has been applied to the [European Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union "European Union") as well during trade negotiations with the US since his global trade war.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-euco-45) Criticized as a process of [appeasement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement "Appeasement"), the EU avoided using its so-called "anti-coercion mechanisms" in retaliation for Trump's tariffs and instead attempted to negotiate a deal with the US with the tariffs applied. The EU's appeasement process stems from fears that Trump would withdraw military defense from Europe, especially in regard to the [Russo-Ukrainian War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War "Russo-Ukrainian War").[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-46) As a result, it repeatedly delayed counter-tariff packages meant to target specific imported goods from the US.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-euco-45)[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-guns-44) The United States has been noted to be able to exploit the EU's dependence on it, especially due to the internal divisions and lack of strategy from the EU.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-affairs-43) Of note was that the EU officials previously refused to accept 10% tariffs on exported goods to the US. The EU later agreed to a trade deal in which most of its exported goods to the US would be subjected to 15% tariffs in exchange for no tariffs applied to US goods. Critics have argued that the EU under the [European Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission "European Commission") president [Ursula von der Leyen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen "Ursula von der Leyen") surrendered to the US, with John O'Brien of [Irish Examiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Examiner "Irish Examiner") arguing that it showed weakness and refused to accept short term pain for long term benefits.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-euco-45)[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-47) Lionel Laurent of [Bloomberg News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_News "Bloomberg News") described the uneven trade deal as a threat towards the EU's already weak economic growth and remarked that "\[m\]aybe it isn't Trump who always chickens out."[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-48) Reactions In politics and economy Donald Trump was asked by Megan Cassella, a [CNBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNBC "CNBC") Correspondent, what he thought about the term on May 28, 2025, during a swearing-in ceremony for the acting attorney general. He denied the behavior, saying "it's called negotiation". He called the question a "nasty question", adding "I usually have the opposite problem. They say I am too tough".[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-CBS_2025-05-28-23)[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-49) According to [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN"), Trump had not yet heard the term, and he first understood that Cassella was calling him a [chicken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken "Chicken").[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-50) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell "Lawrence O'Donnell") pointed out Trump's policies and actions that, in his opinion, will be reversed by the courts, but which, together with the reversals Trump himself has done, characterize him as an ineffective president since everybody is increasingly aware that he will back down, giving rise to the acronym TACO, while the [tariff war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration "Tariffs in the second Trump administration") keeps hurting American businesses.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-51) [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times") quoted analysts Salomon Fiedler of [Berenberg Bank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenberg_Bank "Berenberg Bank"), [Paul Donovan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Donovan_$economist$ "Paul Donovan (economist)") of [UBS Wealth Management](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBS "UBS"), and Chris Beauchamp of [IG Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IG_Group "IG Group"), saying that Trump's tariff threats don't last.[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-nytimes-2025-27) On May 28, 2025, the [United States Court of International Trade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_International_Trade "United States Court of International Trade") (CIT) [ruled](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration#Legality "Tariffs in the second Trump administration") that Trump had overreached his authority under the [International Emergency Economic Powers Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Emergency_Economic_Powers_Act "International Emergency Economic Powers Act") (IEEPA) and vacated all tariffs related to it. This prompted California Governor [Gavin Newsom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom "Gavin Newsom") to comment, "It's raining tacos today."[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-52)[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-53) [Reuters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters "Reuters") published a note about acronyms popular among investors four months into Trump's second term: [YOLO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YOLO_$aphorism$ "YOLO (aphorism)"), TACO, MEGA, MAGA (Make America Go Away), and FAFO. When reached for comment, White House spokesman Kush Desai said in an email, "these asinine acronyms convey how unserious analysts have consistently beclowned themselves by mocking President Trump and his agenda that've already delivered multiple expectation-beating jobs and inflation reports, trillions in investment commitments, a historic UK trade agreement, and rising consumer confidence."[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-54) In an interview with Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC on May 30, economist [Justin Wolfers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Wolfers "Justin Wolfers") coined additional acronyms about Trump's actions themed on Mexican food: [Burrito](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrito "Burrito") – the "Blatantly Unconstitutional Rewriting of the Rules of International Trade, Obviously". He said that the correct response would be to invoke [Churro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churro "Churro") – the "Courts Have Ultimate Responsibility to Restore Order".[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-55) David A. Graham, writing for [The Atlantic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic "The Atlantic"), recalled his own 2018 analysis of Trump's "pattern of nearly always folding" on international politics during his [first term](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "First presidency of Donald Trump"), pointing out that Wall Street is just "catching on," and given that now Trump knows about the TACO trade expression it could mean that he may make bad choices and persist on them, causing the markets to tank.[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-56) In an interview for [Reuters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters "Reuters"), in the context of Trump's May 30 announcement of [increased tariffs on steel and aluminum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration#Steel_and_aluminum_tariffs "Tariffs in the second Trump administration"), Joachim Klement, head of strategy at the investment bank [Panmure Liberum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panmure_Gordon "Panmure Gordon") said, "We think that, unfortunately, as the so-called TACO trade becomes more viral, it becomes more likely that Trump will stick to higher tariffs just to prove a point."[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-57)[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-58) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/No_Kings_protest_in_Chicago_120218_%28TACO_crop%29.jpg/250px-No_Kings_protest_in_Chicago_120218_%28TACO_crop%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:No_Kings_protest_in_Chicago_120218_$TACO_crop$.jpg) [No Kings protester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2025_No_Kings_protests "June 2025 No Kings protests") in Chicago holding a sign saying "Trump Always Chickens Out" On June 3, 2025, a [Tuesday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco_Tuesday "Taco Tuesday"), the [Democratic National Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee "Democratic National Committee") parked a rented [taco truck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_truck "Food truck"), customized with images of Trump wearing a chicken costume, outside the [Republican National Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Committee "Republican National Committee") headquarters, and distributed free [tacos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco "Taco") to passers-by "as an effective way to draw attention to Trump's tariff policies, which they described as "playing games with working families' livelihoods."[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-59)[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-60) Vice President [JD Vance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance "JD Vance") criticized the opposition party as "lame," to which the DNC answered calling him "the cringiest VP in American history," and mentioning that the [One Big Beautiful Bill Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Big_Beautiful_Bill_Act "One Big Beautiful Bill Act") is likely to "take away food from people." [\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-61) Zeeshan Aleem, writing for [MSNBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC "MSNBC"), criticized Democrats using TACO as a political slogan because it is inexact, as Trump was (as of June 2025) maintaining both baseline and specific tariffs. Also, because "Why on Earth would Democrats dare Trump to follow through on his most extreme tariff threats?" Aleem quotes Robert Armstrong lamenting the impact of his creation: "Let us state clearly, chickening out is good and something to be celebrated. Bad policy chickening out, hooray." Finally, because if the Democrats' message is that Trump is a threat to democracy, "it's a bit odd to simultaneously argue that Trump is all talk and no action."[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-62) In the media [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Trump_TACO_meme.jpg/250px-Trump_TACO_meme.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trump_TACO_meme.jpg) An AI-generated image of Donald Trump dressed as a chicken and holding tacos Almost immediately after Trump's response, the term started a trend of memes about Trump referencing the TACO acronym or the phrase directly. The memes often employed [generative AI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_artificial_intelligence "Generative artificial intelligence") to produce artificial images and video of Trump in situations parodying the viral term.[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-63)[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-64) [Editorial cartoons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editorial_cartoons "Editorial cartoons") parodied Trump's reaction to the term, frequently utilizing [puns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun "Pun") and exaggerated caricatures of [Putin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin "Vladimir Putin") and Trump.[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-theweek-65) The term has been widely reported in the international press,[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-66)[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-67)[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-68) with the phrase translated into Estonian (Trump lööb alati vedelaks),[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-69) French (Trump se dégonfle toujours),[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-70) German (Trump macht immer einen Rückzieher),[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-71) Norwegian (Trump trekker seg alltid),[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-72) Slovene (Trump se vedno ustraši),[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-73) Spanish (Trump siempre se acobarda),[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-74) Brazilian Portuguese (Trump sempre amarela),[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-75) and other languages. [The View](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View "The View") hosts [Whoopi Goldberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg "Whoopi Goldberg"), [Joy Behar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Behar "Joy Behar") and [Ana Navarro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Navarro "Ana Navarro") praised the TACO phrase on their show. Navarro's analysis and discussion of the nickname with other cohosts included why they suspected the name gained traction and what led to the name's popularity, stating "For a nickname to be effective, there's got to be truth to it, which this has: His trade policy is all over the place \[...\] And it's got to get under the person's skin, which it clearly did". Host [Sara Haines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Haines "Sara Haines") noted Trump's common use of insulting [nicknames for public figures he dislikes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump "List of nicknames used by Donald Trump"). Navarro also likened the trending nickname to "karma" for Trump's previous actions relating to Mexico in the beginning of his second term, including [banning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press_v._Budowich "Associated Press v. Budowich") the [Associated Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press "Associated Press") from White House press events due to their refusal to refer to the [Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico_naming_controversy "Gulf of Mexico naming controversy").[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_note-76) See also - [China's final warning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_final_warning "China's final warning") – A joke of similar vein in [Soviet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet "Soviet") and now popular [Russian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia "Russia") discourse poking fun at incessant "final" threats which never come to fruition. - [False or misleading statements by Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump#"Two_weeks" "False or misleading statements by Donald Trump") – Information about other contexts in which Trump has set and broken deadlines, that have also influenced the TACO acronym. 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[Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160706201058/http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/full-list-donald-trump-s-rapidly-changing-policy-positions-n547801) from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "\[Updated November 28, 2016\] President-Elect Donald Trump took 141 distinct stances on 23 major issues during his bid for the White House. \[Subjects are:\] Immigration. Young undocumented immigrants and children of illegal immigrants. Proposed Muslim ban. Visas for high-skilled workers. Border control and the refugee crisis. Defeating ISIS. Guns. 'First use' and nuclear arms. Minimum wage. Taxes. Climate change. National debt. Abortion. Whether President Obama was born in America. Voting for the Iraq War. 2011 intervention in Libya. Japan and nukes. Money in politics. Violating U.S. and international laws with regard to torture, terrorism. Ku Klux Klan and David Duke. The Iran nuclear deal. Health Care. Rigged election/Political system. Accepting the outcome of the election." 7. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-7) Bennet, John T. (April 8, 2019). ["Trump's double backtrack 'probably won't matter very much.' Teflon president not likely to pay any political price for health care, border retreats"](https://rollcall.com/2019/04/08/trumps-double-backtrack-probably-wont-matter-very-much/). [Roll Call](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_Call "Roll Call"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250621232355/https://rollcall.com/2019/04/08/trumps-double-backtrack-probably-wont-matter-very-much/) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "Donald Trump irked even his fellow Republicans last week with his health care and border closure pushes, only to back off both, capping one of the most turbulent weeks of his chaotic presidency. But it's unlikely to hinder his re-election fight." 8. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-8) Diamond, Jeremy (April 1, 2016). ["Abortion and 10 other Donald Trump flip-flops"](https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/31/politics/donald-trump-positions-flip-flops). [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250708222213/https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/31/politics/donald-trump-positions-flip-flops) from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "(...) But Trump's flip-flop on Wednesday was just the most recent one. Here are 10 examples: Nuclear proliferation. The Iraq War. Afghanistan War. Abortion. Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Torture. Immigration. Gun control. Muslim ban. Hillary Clinton." 9. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-9) Timm, Jane C. (November 19, 2016). ["Tracking President Trump's Flip-Flops. NBC News is tracking Trump's new policy pronouncements. Here are the issues that he's flip-flopped on"](https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/president-trumps-first-100-days/here-are-new-policy-stances-donald-trump-has-taken-election-n684946). [NBC News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_News "NBC News"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250621232356/https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/president-trumps-first-100-days/here-are-new-policy-stances-donald-trump-has-taken-election-n684946) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "(...) Overall, Trump has taken 32 new stances on 13 different issues since his election. The president's shifting agenda has established him as one of the most unpredictable American leaders in modern history. (...) In order to better understand the president, we've tracked Trump's new policy pronouncements and flip flops on big issues from Election Day forward. FBI Director James Comey's Performance and Firing. Health Care. Immigration Reform, Enforcement. Entitlement Programs. LGBTQ Rights. NATO. Intervention in Syria. Special Interests in Government, "Drain the Swamp." China. Low Interest Rates. Removing Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair. Export-Import Bank. Golfing While President." 10. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-10) Catanese, David (April 13, 2017). ["Donald Trump's 10 Flip-Flops. The president calls himself 'flexible' but these moves make Gumby look rigid"](https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/slideshows/donald-trumps-10-flip-flops). [U.S. News & World Report](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report "U.S. News & World Report"). Retrieved June 21, 2025. "From ordering the bombing of Syria to distancing himself from adviser Steve Bannon, to softening his rhetoric on China, Trump is on a record-setting pace for changing his mind. His penchant for sudden U-turns has become a defining characteristic of what's been a chaotic, improvisational White House." 11. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-11) Peck, Emily (May 29, 2025). ["Trump "TACO" trade: How a columnist's catchphrase caused an Oval Office scene"](https://www.axios.com/2025/05/29/trump-taco-trade-tariffs). Axios. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250716082902/https://www.axios.com/2025/05/29/trump-taco-trade-tariffs) from the original on July 16, 2025. Retrieved July 21, 2025. 12. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-12) Berkowitz, Ben (April 9, 2025). ["The "Trump put" wasn't dead, it was just resting"](https://www.axios.com/2025/04/09/trump-put-stocks-bonds). Axios. 13. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-13) Astor, Maggie; Levien, Simon J. (September 10, 2024). ["'Flip-Flop' or Evolution: Trump and Harris and Their Reversals on Issues"](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/us/politics/harris-trump-flip-flops.html). [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240911155135/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/us/politics/harris-trump-flip-flops.html/) from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "As former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in their debate Tuesday night, one likely area of contention will be their mutual accusations of flip-flopping — a charge that politicians have long deployed to portray their opponents as lacking principle. It is true that both have changed some of their policy positions, as politicians often do — whether for political expediency or because their thinking has evolved with new information. But while Ms. Harris has moderated a number of progressive stances she took in the 2020 Democratic primary, Mr. Trump has reversed himself entirely, gone back and forth or avoided taking clear stands on a host of important issues." 14. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-14) Nicholas, Peter (April 14, 2025). ["Chaos, confusion and reversals: The story of Trump's second term so far. President Donald Trump has moved quickly on his far-reaching agenda, but his administration has frequently changed both its messaging and its course"](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/chaos-confusion-reversals-trump-second-term-rcna200649). [NBC News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_News "NBC News"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250621232358/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/chaos-confusion-reversals-trump-second-term-rcna200649) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "The president is in a hurry. Executive orders, tariffs, mass firings — all are happening at a speed that has made it hard for the nation to keep up. And tough for Trump to carry out. The chaotic start of his presidency has been characterized by a rash of reversals and retreats as he hastens to execute his agenda while his party controls both houses of Congress and his political capital is at its peak." 15. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-15) Smith-Schoenwalder, Cecelia (May 1, 2025). ["Full Speed, Then Reverse: Trump's Biggest U-Turns in His First 100 Days. From flip-flopping tariffs to federal layoffs among critical programs, here are the biggest reversals of Trump's second term so far"](https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/trumps-biggest-policy-reversals-so-far). [U.S. News & World Report](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report "U.S. News & World Report"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250621232355/https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/trumps-biggest-policy-reversals-so-far) from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. 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["Trump's rug-pull presidency"](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/07/trump-policy-tariffs-flip-flop). [Axios](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axios_$website$ "Axios (website)"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250416172039/https://www.axios.com/2025/03/07/trump-policy-tariffs-flip-flop) from the original on April 16, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "Donald Trump is building a reputation for himself as the flip-flopper in chief — the president who, after announcing a bold new policy today, is more than likely to reverse it tomorrow. Why it matters: In a chaotic and unpredictable world, the federal government normally acts as a stabilizing force. Under Trump, it has become the primary driver of the chaos. The big picture: Across-the-board tariffs on Mexico and Canada — two of America's three largest trading partners — have been on and then off and then on and then off. Colombia knows the feeling." 19. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-19) Jones, Callum (May 10, 2025). ["Whiplash reversals mean Trump's erratic trade policy is as clear as mud. The specifics of the administration's economic masterplan – from strollers to movies to China – change by the day"](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/10/trump-tariffs-trade-policy-reversals). [The Guardian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian "The Guardian"). Retrieved June 21, 2025. "The US president declared this week to be a key milestone of his second term, as he unveiled his first major trade deal since returning to office following accelerated talks with the UK. But it came as Trump's position, on everything from tariffs on strollers and movies to whether his administration even wants to strike such global deals, appeared to shift by the hour. Firms across the world have been trying to come to terms with the rapid rate of presidential kneejerks: where policies can be announced, adjusted and shelved as quickly as the leader of the free world can publish a social media post." 20. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-20) McGraw, Meridith; Wren, Adam; Allison, Natalie; Cancryn, Adam (June 22, 2024). ["Trump keeps flip-flopping his policy positions after meeting with rich people. Top CEOs were seen nodding their heads when Trump talked about finding ways to keep American-educated talent at home"](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/22/trump-policy-flip-flop-00164538). [Politico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico "Politico"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250702000132/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/22/trump-policy-flip-flop-00164538) from the original on July 2, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025. "It was the latest major policy shift from a candidate who has proven equal parts hardline and chameleon-like over time. Trump's pivot on immigration followed his reversal on TikTok, embracing an app he once tried to ban, and his shift on cryptocurrency." 21. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-21) Benen, Steve (June 16, 2025). ["Trump's Mass Deportation Policy Becomes a Meandering Moving Target. The President's Policy on Tariffs Has Become an Unpredictable Mess. His Approach to Mass Deportations Is Increasingly Looking Similar"](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-mass-deportation-policy-becomes-meandering-moving-target-rcna213247). [MSNBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC "MSNBC"). Retrieved June 21, 2025. "One of the many problems with the policy surrounding Donald Trump's trade tariffs is there doesn't appear to be much of a policy. The president certainly makes all kinds of announcements, but in literally dozens of instances, they're followed by revised announcements and reversals. On an international scale, no one — business owners, consumers, investors, foreign officials, et al. — seems to have any idea what to expect from the White House, and for good reason: The entire agenda is an erratic mess, shaped by an unpredictable and inexperienced politician with a limited understanding of the underlying dynamics." 22. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-22) Lilley, Ben Mathis (June 17, 2025). ["Who Is in Charge of the Government? And does he know what his own positions are?"](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/06/donald-trump-reversal-iran-ice-raids.html). [Slate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_$magazine$ "Slate (magazine)"). 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Compounding the confusion, the (new) Post report notes that the directive that was issued because of Trump's post has been overruled because 'the White House did not support it.' Who runs the White House? I thought it was the president\!" 23. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CBS_2025-05-28_23-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-CBS_2025-05-28_23-1) Picchi, Aimee (May 28, 2025). ["Trump was asked about the "TACO" trade and called it a "nasty question." Here's what it means"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-taco-trade-trump-always-chickens-out-what-it-means/). CBS News. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250601030218/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-taco-trade-trump-always-chickens-out-what-it-means/) from the original on June 1, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025. 24. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out#cite_ref-24)* Armstrong, Robert (May 2, 2025). 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